Reliability of two goniometric methods of measuring active inversion and eversion range of motion at the ankle

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Menadue, Collette ^a   Raymond, Jacqueline ^a   Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Adams, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747447699     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-60     Document Type: Article

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