Musculoskeletal profile of the lumbar spine and hip regions in cricket fast bowlers

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Stuelcken, Max C ^a   Ginn, Karen A ^a   Sinclair, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cricket; Low back pain; Muscular endurance; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BOWLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRUNK;

EID: 43649093133     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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