Altered hamstring-quadriceps muscle balance in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a   Westerkamp, Lenna ^a   Beam, Stacey ^a   Moody, Jill ^a   Garry, Joseph ^b   Holbert, Donald ^a   DeVita, Paul ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Aging; Antagonistic muscle activity; Gait; Hamstring coactivity

Indexed keywords

KNEES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE BALANCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STANDING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 9444291236     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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