Assessment of hip and knee muscle function in orthopaedic practice and research

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-229

  Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KNEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESEARCH; TORQUE;

EID: 73949155246     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00305     Document Type: Review

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