Reliable lower limb musculoskeletal profiling using easily operated, portable equipment

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Miller, Andrew ^a   Callister, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional movement; Musculoskeletal; Reliability; Vertical jump; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749100638     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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