A prospective study of overuse knee injuries among female athletes with muscle imbalances and structural abnormalities

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Devan, Michelle R ^a,b   Pescatello, Linda S ^b   Faghri, Pouran ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Genu recurvatum; Hamstring to quadriceps ratio; Isokinetic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING QUADRICEPS RATIO; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PATELLA TENDON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SCREENING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS;

EID: 4844223510     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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