Changes in patellofemoral joint contact pressures caused by vastus medialis muscle weakness

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 595-601

  Sawatsky, Andrew ^a   Bourne, Doug ^a   Horisberger, Monika ^a,b   Jinha, Azim ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Joint biomechanics; Joint contact pressure; Knee mechanics; Knee rehabilitation; Muscle weakness; Patellar tracking; Patellofemoral pain

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PRESSURES; KNEE MECHANICS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATELLAR TRACKING; PATELLOFEMORAL;

BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH; LOADING; MUSCLE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMORAL NERVE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRESSURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RABBITS;

EID: 84862190008     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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