Can 16-18-year-old elite ballet dancers improve their hip and ankle range of motion over a 12-month period?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-103

  Khan, Karim M ^a   Bennell, Kim ^d   Ng, Selena ^e   Matthews, Bernadette ^e   Roberts, Peter ^b   Nattrass, Caroline ^e   Way, Sarah ^c   Brown, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Newington Physiotherapy Clinic   (Australia)

^c Australian Ballet   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Ankle; Ballet; Hip; Joints, range of motion; Joints, rotation; Turnout

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DANCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; DANCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0034170977     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200004000-00003     Document Type: Article

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