The independent and interactive effects of navicular drop and quadriceps angle on neuromuscular responses to a weight-bearing perturbation

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Shultz, Sandra J ^a   Carcia, Christopher R ^b   Gansneder, Bruce M ^c   Perrin, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical risk factors; Long latency reflex time; Lower extremity alignment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE REFLEX; NAVICULAR DROP; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; Q ANGLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; SCAPHOID BONE; TRUNK; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 34250004010     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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