Neuromuscular function during a forward lunge in meniscectomized patients

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1358-1365

  Thorlund, Jonas Bloch ^a   Damgaard, Jacob ^a   Roos, Ewa M ^a   Aagaard, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biomechanics; EMG; Knee joint; meniscectomy; osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84862768782     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824c315b     Document Type: Article

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