Hip external and internal rotation strength: Consistency over time and between sides

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a   Vigneault, Jeremy ^a   Rizzo, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip; Measurement; Muscle strength; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 47849107602     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2008-0304     Document Type: Article

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