Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 290-295 , July 2010

Delayed onset of electromyographic activity of vastus medialis obliquus relative to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome

  • L. Cavazzuti
    • ,
  • A. Merlo
    • ,
  • F. Orlandi
    • ,
  • I. Campanini

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Isabella Campanini, LAM – Laboratorio Analisi Movimento, Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia, Via Mandriolo Superiore 11, 42015 Correggio (RE), Italy. Tel.: +39 0522 630391; fax: +39 0522 630332.

Received 30 April 2010 ,Accepted 3 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.025

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 290-295 , July 2010

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