Induced anterior knee pain immediately reduces involuntary and voluntary quadriceps activation

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Park, Jihong ^a   Hopkins, J Ty ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arthrogenous muscle inhibition; central activation ratio; H:M ratio; knee pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ISOMETRICS; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS TENDON; SHAM PROCEDURE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872093891     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3182717b7b     Document Type: Article

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