Does the toe-touch test predict hamstring injury in Australian Rules footballers?

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Bennell, Kim ^a   Tully, Elizabeth ^a   Harvey, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Football; Muscles; Sprains and strains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MOVEMENT; FOOTBALL; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SCREENING; SPORT INJURY; STANDING; TOE; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0032980234     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60342-1     Document Type: Article

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