Assessment of flexibility in young female skaters with the modified Marshall test

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 665-668

  Micheli, Lyle J ^a,b   Greene, Hunter S ^a,c   Cassella, Michelina ^a   Gruber, Jane ^d   Zurakowski, David ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Athlete; Flexibility; Joint laxity; Marshall test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKATING;

EID: 0032858719     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199909000-00022     Document Type: Article

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