Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a weight-bearing lunge measure of ankle dorsiflexion

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Bennell, Kim ^a   Talbot, Richard ^b   Wajswelner, Henry ^a   Techovanich, Wassana ^c   Kelly, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Goulburn Valley Base Hospital   (Australia)

^c SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Articular; Range of motion; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; TIBIA SHAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031786611     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60377-9     Document Type: Article

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