Resting thickness of transversus abdominis is decreased in athletes with longstanding adduction-related groin pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-205

  Jansen, Jaap ^a,b   Weir, Adam ^d   Dénis, Renee ^c   Mens, Jan ^b   Backx, Frank ^a   Stam, Henk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Hogeschool Physical Therapy Thim van der Laan   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; GROIN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049099664     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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