Associations between turnout and lower extremity injuries in classical ballet dancers

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-318

  Negus, Vicki ^a,b,c   Hopper, Diana ^c   Briffa, N Kathryn ^c  

^a West Australian Ballet Company   (Australia)

^b Curtin University of Technology ^*

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dance; External rotation; Hip; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALLET DANCER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG INJURY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; ROTATION; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 18844443427     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2005.35.5.307     Document Type: Article

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