A weightbearing technique for the measurement of ankle joint dorsiflexion with the knee extended is reliable

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-59

  Munteanu, Shannon E ^a   Strawhorn, Andrea B ^b   Landorf, Karl B ^a   Bird, Adam R ^a   Murley, George S ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Corio Bay Sports Medicine Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Range of motion; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PODIATRY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149527411     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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