Changes in hip and ankle range of motion and hip muscle strength in 8-11 year old novice female ballet dancers and controls: A 12 month follow up study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-59

  Bennell, K L ^a   Khan, K M ^b   Matthews, B L ^a   Singleton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ballet; Dance; Muscle strength; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DANCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034980169     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.35.1.54     Document Type: Article

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