Contributions of neural excitability and voluntary activation to quadriceps muscle strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 736-742

  Lepley, Adam S ^a   Ericksen, Hayley M ^a   Sohn, David H ^b   Pietrosimone, Brian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Knee injury; Neuromuscular function; Quadriceps weakness; Spinal reflexive excitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL REFLEXIVE EXCITABILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901490880     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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