Women with patellofemoral pain syndrome have quadriceps femoris volume and strength deficiency

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-247

  Kaya, Defne ^a   Citaker, Seyit ^a   Kerimoglu, Ulku ^b   Atay, Ozgur Ahmet ^a   Nyland, John ^c   Callaghan, Michael ^d   Yakut, Yavuz ^a   Yüksel, Inci ^a   Doral, Mahmut Nedim ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Muscle volume; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Peak torque; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751574053     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1290-2     Document Type: Article

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