ACL injury and reconstruction: Clinical related in vivo biomechanics

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Georgoulis, A D ^a   Ristanis, S ^a   Moraiti, C O ^a   Paschos, N ^a   Zampeli, F ^a   Xergia, S ^a   Georgiou, S ^a   Patras, K ^a   Vasiliadis, H S ^a   Mitsionis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Electromechanical delay; Gait variability; Knee biomechanics; Muscle strength; Sports performance; Tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78649450565     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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