What determines the magnitude of the Q angle? A preliminary study of selected skeletal and muscular measures

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Byl, Timo ^a   Cole, Jennifer A ^a   Livingston, Lori A ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0033998824     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.9.1.26     Document Type: Article

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