Cross-Exercise on Quadriceps Deficit after ACL Reconstruction

Journal of Knee Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Papandreou, Maria ^a   Papathanasiou, George ^a   Spyropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Billis, Evdokia ^b   Papaioannou, Nikos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bilateral training; Cross Education; Eccentric exercise; Quadriceps deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879293549     PISSN: 15388506     EISSN: 19382480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313744     Document Type: Article

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