Understanding and Treating Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition

摘要：

@@ Quadriceps muscle weakness and dysfunction are common consequences of knee joint injury or effusion.”1-7” Deficits in quadriceps muscle function have been reported following various knee joint pathologies including anterior knee pain, ”8-11” anterior cruciate ligament injury, ”6,7,12-22” knee joint osteoarthritis,”2,23,24” and meniscus injury.”5,25” Muscle strengthening is regularly the focus of rehabilita-tion regimens,yet,full quadriceps strength is often not re-gained following discharge from formal physical therapy sessions. ”19” Additionally some evidence suggests that quadriceps weakness persists long after acute knee joint injury”21” and may be a contributing factor to the onset of osteoarthritis.

机标关键词：knee joint injury、physical therapy

所属期刊栏目：28

分类号：G80;R74

在线出版日期：2013-01-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共5页

页码：322-326