Reliability of the passive knee flexion and extension tests in healthy subjects

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 659-665

  Gnat, Rafał ^a   Kuszewski, Michał ^a   Koczar, Robert ^a   Dziewońska, Agata ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Skeletal; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE KNEE EXTENSION; PASSIVE KNEE FLEXION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649520357     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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