Moment arms of the knee extensor mechanism in children and adults

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-205

  O'Brien, Thomas D ^a,c   Reeves, Neil D ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Jones, David A ^a,b   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Lever ratio; Maturation; Patellar tendon; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR KNEE DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE ANGLE; KNEE CIRCUMFERENCE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEDIO LATERAL KNEE BREADTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLAR TENDON MOMENT ARM LENGTH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA LENGTH;

ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949114387     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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