Clinico-electromyographic estimation of hypertonic muscles in extension Contracture of the knee joint

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The clinical and electromyographic examination of musculi quadriceps femoris is performed in 13 patients with extension contractures of the knee joints. The correlation between the pronounced hypotrophy, hypertension and denervational process stage in the muscle is revealed. The pathophysiological mechanisms of the formation of hypertension of the muscles in passive contracture are considered.

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F. A. Khabirov

Research Center of Tatarstan "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics"

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Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Rehabilitation Laboratory

Russian Federation, Kazan

D. L. Galyamov

Research Center of Tatarstan "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics"

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rehabilitation laboratory

Russian Federation, Kazan

Y. Y. Popelyansky

Research Center of Tatarstan "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics"

Email: info@eco-vector.com

rehabilitation laboratory

Russian Federation, Kazan

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Copyright (c) 1994 Khabirov F.A., Galyamov D.L., Popelyansky Y.Y.

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