Neuromuscular excitability changes in the vastus medialis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Rosenthal, Michael D ^a,d   Moore, J H ^b   Stoneman, P D ^b,c   DeBerardino, T M ^c  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Keller Army Community Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Arthrogenic muscle inhibition; H reflex; Reconstruction; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449085666     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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