Psoas and quadratus lumborum muscle asymmetry among elite Australian Football League players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 563-567

  Hides, J ^a,b   Fan, T ^a,b   Stanton, W ^b   Stanton, P ^c   Mcmahon, K ^a   Wilson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BRISBANE LIONS AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACK; FOOTBALL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSOAS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSOAS MUSCLES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77953860839     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.048751     Document Type: Article

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