The Q angle and sport

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Hahn, T ^a,b   Foldspang, A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Ortopaedisk Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Q angle; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031062505     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1997.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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