Adult women with mitral valve prolapse are more flexible

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 720-724

  Araujo C G S ^a   Chaves, C P G ^b  

^a CLINIMEX   (Brazil)

^b GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26044474981     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.014324     Document Type: Article

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