Recording the vastii muscle onset timing as a diagnostic parameter for patellofemoral pain syndrome: Fact or fad?

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-74

  Wong, Yiu ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EMG; Onset time; Patellofemoral pain; Review

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDLINE; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 64549108872     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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