Dynamic stability in the anterior cruciate ligament deficient knee

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 62 - 71
• Main Authors: Rudolph, Katherine S., Axe, Michael J., Buchanan, Thomas S., Scholz, John P., Snyder‐Mackler, Lynn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2001
• Subjects: Activities; Activities of daily living; Adult; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Joint Instability - physiopathology; Kinematics; Kinetics; Knee; Knee Injuries - physiopathology; Knee Joint - physiopathology; Knees; Ligaments; Male; Movement; Movement - physiology; Muscle function; Muscle strength; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Muscles (activity); Range of motion; Range of Motion, Articular; Rupture; Strategy; Surgery; Thigh - physiology; Walking; Weight; United States > US

Some individuals can stabilize their knees following anterior cruciate ligament rupture even during activities involving cutting and pivoting (copers), others have instability with daily activities (non‐copers). Movement and muscle activation patterns of 11 copers, ten non‐copers and ten uninjured s...