The effect of quadriceps contraction during weight-bearing on four patellar height indices

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 871-873

  Yiannakopoulos, C K ^a   Mataragas, E ^a   Antonogiannakis, E ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLACKBURNE PEEL INDEX; CATON INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSALL SALVATI INDEX; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; HISTOLOGY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 47549115989     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B7.20111     Document Type: Article

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