Lower limb muscle activity and kinematics of an unanticipated cutting manoeuvre: A gender comparison

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 968-976

  Beaulieu, Mélanie L ^a   Lamontagne, Mario ^a   Xu, Lanyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Electromyography; Gender; Kinematics; Knee joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 70349781398     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0821-1     Document Type: Article

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