Lower limb proprioception deficits persist following knee replacement surgery despite improvements in knee extension strength

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1097-1103

  Levinger, Pazit ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a   Morrow, Adam D ^a   Wee, Elin ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a   Bartlett, John R ^b   Bergman, Neil ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Warringal Private Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Knee replacement; Physiological assessment; Proprioception; Quadriceps strength; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861341831     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1710-y     Document Type: Article

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