Test-retest reliability of sudden ankle inversion measurements in subjects with healthy ankle joints

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Eechaute, Christophe ^a   Vaes, Peter ^a   Duquet, William ^a   Van Gheluwe, Bart ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Ankle joint; Electromyography; Joint stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; SUDDEN ANKLE INVERSION TEST; TECHNIQUE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 34250005404     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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