Gait and neuromuscular asymmetries after acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1490-1496

  Gardinier, Emily S ^a   Manal, Kurt ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

hamstring facilitation; instability; Knee moment; muscle force; quadriceps avoidance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84863989897     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824d2783     Document Type: Article

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