Assessment of lower limb neuromuscular control in prepubescent athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1853-1860

  Barber Westin, Sue D ^a,b   Galloway, Marc ^a   Noyes, Frank R ^a   Corbett, George ^a   Walsh, Catherine ^a  

^a Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^b Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Isokinetic; Limb symmetry; Neuromuscular

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 28344440808     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505278257     Document Type: Article

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