Bilateral asymmetries in clinical measures of lower-extremity anatomic characteristics

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-361

  Shultz, Sandra J ^a   Nguyen, Anh Dung ^a  

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

Author keywords

Limb symmetry; Limits of agreement; Lower extremity alignment; Risk factor assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENU RECURVATUM; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LEG LENGTH; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q ANGLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PELVIS; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 34548683901     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31811df950     Document Type: Article

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