Ascertaining maximal voluntary effort production during isokinetic knee strength testing of anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed patients

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-181

  Almosnino, Sivan ^a,c   Dvir, Zeevi ^a,b   Bardana, Davide D ^a,c   Diaconescu, Elena D ^c   Stevenson, Joan M ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamometry; Knee; Maximal Voluntary Contraction; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893270040     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000041     Document Type: Article

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