Hamstring and quadriceps strength balance in normal and hamstring anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed subjects

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 274-280

  Hiemstra, Laurie A ^a   Webber, Sandra ^b   MacDonald, Peter B ^b   Kriellaars, Dean J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic control ratio; Dynamometer; H Q ratio; Moment; Specificity; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR VELOCITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC CONTROL RATIO; DYNAMICS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOVELOCITY DYNAMOMETRY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; THIGH;

EID: 4744357978     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200409000-00005     Document Type: Article

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