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Isokinetic Testing to Evaluate Quadriceps and Hamstring Strength after a Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair or Reconstruction

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Muscular strength can be quantitatively assessed either by manual testing or by an objective, examinerindependent measuring system (Davies 1984; Scharf and Noack 1987)(Table 1).

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Kipfer, W.C., GrĂ¼nig, B., Ballmer, P.M., Zehnder, R., Jakob, R.P. (1992). Isokinetic Testing to Evaluate Quadriceps and Hamstring Strength after a Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair or Reconstruction. In: Jakob, R.P., Stäubli, HU. (eds) The Knee and the Cruciate Ligaments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84463-8_65

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