Electromechanical delay of the knee flexor muscles is impaired after harvesting hamstring tendons for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2179-2186

  Ristanis, Stavros ^a   Tsepis, Elias ^b   Giotis, Dimitrios ^a   Stergiou, Nicholas ^b   Cerulli, Guiliano ^c,d   Georgoulis, Anastasios D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Electromechanical delay; Hamstrings; Isometric contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649093747     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340771     Document Type: Article

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