The relationship between lower extremity alignment characteristics and anterior knee joint laxity

Sports Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-60

  Shultz, Sandra J ^a   Nguyen, Anh Dung ^a   Levine, Beverly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Anterior cruciate ligament; Joint laxity; Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651116128     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738108326702     Document Type: Article

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