Reliability of the Thomas test for assessing range of motion about the hip

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Peeler, J ^a   Anderson, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexibility measurement; Orthopaedic evaluation; Special tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THOMAS TEST;

EID: 33846523647     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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