A new hamstring test to complement the common clinical examination before return to sport after injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1798-1803

  Askling, C M ^a,b   Nilsson, J ^a   Thorstensson, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hamstring strain; Re injury; Reliability; Return to sport; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 78649915709     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1265-3     Document Type: Article

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