Identifying relationships among lower extremity alignment characteristics

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 511-518

  Nguyen, Anh Dung ^a,b   Shultz, Sandra J ^a  

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

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Postural relationships; Risk factor assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENU RECURVATUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; Q ANGLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA TORSION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349159585     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-44.5.511     Document Type: Article

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