Lower extremity jumping mechanics of female athletes with and without patellofemoral pain before and after exertion

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1587-1596

  Willson, John D ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart ^b   Davis, Irene S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Drayer Physical Therapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Fatigue; Female athletes; Kinematics; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LEG; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOVEMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME;

EID: 47649095758     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508315592     Document Type: Article

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