Hip adductor muscle strength is reduced preceding and during the onset of groin pain in elite junior Australian football players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-204

  Crow, Justin F ^a   Pearce, Alan J ^a   Veale, James P ^a   VanderWesthuizen, Dan ^a   Coburn, Paul T ^a,b   Pizzari, Tania ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian football; Muscle strength dynamometer; Prevention; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FOOTBALL; HIP ADDUCTOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; GROIN; HIP; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 77049120188     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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