Hip and ankle range of motion and hip muscle strength in young novice female ballet dancers and controls

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 340-346

  Bennell, Kim ^a   Khan, Karim M ^b   Matthews, Bernadette ^a   De Gruyter, Melissa ^a   Cook, Elizabeth ^a   Holzer, Karen ^c   Wark, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OLYMPIC PARK SPORTS MEDICINE CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Ballet; Dance; Hip; Range of motion; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032820587     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.5.340     Document Type: Article

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