Neuromuscular recovery after medial collateral ligament disruption and eccentric rehabilitation program

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1032-1041

  Laurin, Jeárôme ^a   Dousset, Erick ^a   Mesure, Serge ^a   Decherchi, Patrick ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

functional rehabilitation; group III and IV afferents; H reflex; mechanosensitive afferents; twitch properties

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HOFFMANN REFLEX; INJURY; INNERVATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VIBRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HINDLIMB; KNEE INJURIES; LACTIC ACID; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 79957977527     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182042956     Document Type: Article

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