Vastus medialis motor unit properties in knee osteoarthritis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Berger, Michael J ^a,b   Chess, David G ^b,c   Doherty, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; TORQUE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 80052669912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-199     Document Type: Article

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