Relationships between knee valgus, hip-muscle strength, and hip-muscle recruitment during a single-limb step-down

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-117

  Hollman, John H ^a   Ginos, Barbara E ^a   Kozuchowski, Jakub ^a   Vaughn, Amanda S ^a   Krause, David A ^a   Youdas, James W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Medial collapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249098394     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.18.1.104     Document Type: Article

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