Lower extremity muscle activation onset times during the transition from double-leg stance to single-leg stance in anterior cruciate ligament injured subjects

Human Movement Science

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-245

  Dingenen, Bart ^a   Janssens, Luc ^a,b   Luyckx, Thomas ^c   Claes, Steven ^c,d   Bellemans, Johan ^c   Staes, Filip F ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d AZ Herentals Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Double leg stance; Lower extremity; Neuromuscular control; Single leg stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; STANDING; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; TRAINING; VISION; ANKLE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; INNERVATION; LOWER LIMB; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942316288     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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