Motor control and strength as predictors of hamstring injury in elite players of Australian football

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Cameron, Matt ^a   Adams, Roger ^b   Maher, Christopher ^b  

^a SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hamstrings; Injury; Motor control; Movement discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMOMETRY; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0242391718     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1466-853X(03)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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