Male subjects with early-stage knee osteoarthritis do not present biomechanical alterations in the sagittal plane during stair descent

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-391

  Lessi, Giovanna Camparis ^a   Serrão, Paula Regina Mendes da Silva ^a   Gimenez, Ana Cláudia Faralli ^a   Gramani Say, Karina ^a   Oliveira, Ana Beatriz ^a   Mattiello, Stela Márcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ground reaction force; Kinematics; Knee osteoarthritis; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84861655789     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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