Two ankle joint laxity testers: Reliability and validity

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 699-705

  Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^a   Blankevoort, Leendert ^a   Sierevelt, Inger N ^a   Corvelein, Ruby ^a   Janssen, Guido H W ^a   Van Dijk, C Niek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle; Ankle testers; Inversion injury; Ligament injury; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 27744533627     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0644-7     Document Type: Article

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