Dynamic Restraint Capacity of the Hamstring Muscles Has Important Functional Implications After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2324-2331

  Bryant, Adam L ^a   Creaby, Mark W ^a   Newton, Robert U ^b   Steele, Julie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATELLA TENDON; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TORQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 56849128767     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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