Rehabilitation for hamstring injuries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mason, Duncan L ^a   Dickens, V ^b   Vail, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Athletic injuries *rehabilitation ; Humans; Leg injuries * rehabilitation ; Muscle, skeletal *injuries

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; PELVIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SOFT TISSUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44949209572     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004575.pub2     Document Type: Review

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