Prevalence of general hypermobility in 12-13-year-old school children and impact of an intervention against injury and pain incidence

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Gyldenkerne, Bodil ^a   Iversen, Karen ^a   Roegind, Henrik ^b   Fastrup, Denise ^a   Hall, Kirsten ^c   Remvig, Lars ^b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c The Prevention Council Viborg County   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Joint instability; Joint laxity; Physical activity; Physiotherapy; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; TRAINING;

EID: 33947095997     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190601103621     Document Type: Article

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