Increased hip and knee flexion during landing decreases tibiofemoral compressive forces in women who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-429

  Tsai, Liang Ching ^a   Powers, Christopher M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG driven; MRI; muscle volume; osteoarthritis; patellar tendon orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873325614     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512471184     Document Type: Article

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