Quadriceps Strength Predicts Self-reported Function Post-ACL Reconstruction

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1671-1677

  Pietrosimone, Brian ^a,b   Lepley, Adam S ^c   Harkey, Matthew S ^a,b   Luc Harkey, Brittney A ^a,b   Troy Blackburn, J ^a,b,d   Gribble, Phillip A ^e   Spang, Jeffrey T ^d   Sohn, David H ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE; LIMB SYMMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION; SELF REPORT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964033749     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000946     Document Type: Article

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