Adaptations of gait and muscle activation in chronic ACL deficiency

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-114

  Lindström, Maria ^a   Felländer Tsai, Li ^a   Wredmark, Torsten ^a   Henriksson, Marketta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACL; EMG; Forces; Gait analysis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249134333     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0886-x     Document Type: Article

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