The relationships between instrumented measurements of ankle and knee ligamentous laxity and generalized joint laxity

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Pearsall, A W ^a   Kovaleski, J E ^a   Heitman, R J ^b   Gurchiek, L R ^b   Hollis, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle Joint; Flexibility; Joint Mobility; Knee Joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE;

ADULT; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 33646821397     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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