Rectus femoris to gracilis muscle transfer with fractional lengthening of the vastus muscles: A treatment for adults with stiff knee gait

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Namdari, Surena ^a   Pill, Stephan G ^a   Makani, Amun ^a   Keenan, Mary Ann ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349122224     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090151     Document Type: Article

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