REFLEX INHIBITION OF THE QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE AFTER INJURY OR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
REFLEX INHIBITION OF THE QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE AFTER INJURY OR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-199404000-00010
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发表时间:
1994-04-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
BARTOLOZZI, AR
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作者:
SNYDERMACKLER, L;DELUCA, PF;BARTOLOZZI, AR
A burst-superimposition technique was used to assess the strength of the quadriceps femoris muscle in three groups of patients. Group 1 comprised twenty patients who had had a torn anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and had a reconstruction of the ligament one to six months after the injury. Group 2 comprised twelve patients who had had a torn anterior cruciate ligament for an average of three months (a subacute tear). Group 3 comprised eight patients who had had a torn anterior cruciate ligament for an average of two years (a chronic tear). The patients in Groups 2 and 3 had not had an operation for the torn ligament.The patients in Groups 1 and 3 had no evidence of failure of activation of the involved quadriceps, but nine of the twelve patients in Group 2 had reflex inhibition of contraction of the muscle.