Psoas major and its controversial rotational action

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-265

  Skyrme, A D ^a,b   Cahill, D J ^a   Marsh, H P ^a   Ellis, H ^a  

^a UMDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip flexion and lateral rotation; Hip movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR NECK; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; ROTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSOAS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033057018     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1999)12:4<264::AID-CA4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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