Muscle deficits persist after unilateral knee replacement and have implications for rehabilitation

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1072-1079

  Valtonen, Anu ^a,b   Pöyhönen, Tapani ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^b   Sipilä, Sarianna ^b  

^a KYMENLAAKSO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349876436     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070295     Document Type: Article

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