Quadriceps strength is not related to gait impact loading in knee osteoarthritis

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-302

  Hunt, Michael A ^a,b   Hinman, Rana S ^a   Metcalf, Ben R ^a   Lim, Boon Whatt ^a   Wrigley, Tim V ^a   Bowles, Kelly Ann ^a   Kemp, Georgina ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Joint loading; Knee osteoarthritis; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEELSTRIKE TRANSIENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE; VARUS KNEE; WALKING SPEED; AGED; BONE MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953704563     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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