Hip flexibility and strength measures: Reliability and association with athletic groin pain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 739-744

  Malliaras, P ^a   Hogan, A ^b   Nawrocki, A ^c   Crossley, K ^d   Schache, Anthony ^e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sportsmed SA   (Australia)

^c Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DYNAMOMETER; FOOTBALL; HIP; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; GROIN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349918110     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.055749     Document Type: Article

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