Toe flexor forces in dancers and non-dancers

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1119-1123

  Nihal, Aneel ^a   Goldstein, Jeffrey ^b   Haas, Judith ^c   Hieberó, Rudi ^d   Kummer, Frederick J ^d   Liederbach, Marijeanne ^a   Trepman, Elly ^e,f  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Glass and Inserra PC   (United States)

^c Harkness Center for Dance Injury   (United States)

^d NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HALLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; TOE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036901441     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070202301207     Document Type: Article

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