Hamstring shortening: Postural defect or congenital contracture

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Napiontek, Marek ^a   Czubak, Jaroslaw ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hamstring shortening; Knee extension deficit angle; Popliteal angle

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BODY BUILD; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0031886610     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-199801000-00013     Document Type: Article

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