Muscle co-contraction after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Influence of functional level

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1050-1055

  Lustosa, Lygia Paccini ^a   Ocarino, Juliana Melo ^b   Andrade, Marco Antônio Percope de ^b   Pertence, Antonio Eustáquio de Melo ^b   Bittencourt, Natalia Franco Netto ^c   Fonseca, Sérgio Teixeira ^b  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BELO HORIZONTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Minas Tênis Clube ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Functional level; Joint perturbation; Knee; Muscular co contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CO-CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055020581     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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