Validity of hamstring muscle length assessment during the sit-and-reach test using an inclinometer to measure hip joint angle

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 303-309

  Youdas, James W ^a   Krause, David A ^a   Hollman, John H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hip; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH;

EID: 41649105911     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31815f5b7d     Document Type: Article

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