Repeatability of joint proprioception and muscle torque assessment in healthy children and in children diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-123

  Fatoye, Francis A ^a   Palmer, Shea T ^b   Macmillan, Fiona ^c   Rowe, Philip J ^d   van der Linden, Marietta L ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint kinaesthesia; Joint position sense; Muscle torque; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNDROME; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNDROME; TORQUE;

EID: 52449105505     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.127     Document Type: Article

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