Measures of range of motion and strength among healthy women with differing quality of lower extremity movement during the lateral step-down test

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 792-800

  Rabin, Alon ^a   Kozol, Zvi ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACL; Hip; Knee; Lateral step down test; Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650156435     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3424     Document Type: Article

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