Reliability of a digital-photographic- goniometric method for coronal-plane lower limb measurements

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 296-315

  Moncrieff, Matthew J ^a   Livingston, Lori A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acl; Femur length; Q angle; Tibiofemoral angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649216132     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.18.2.296     Document Type: Article

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