Running-related hamstring injuries: a neuromuscular approach

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-110

  Sole, Gisela ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Sullivan, S John ^a   Nicholson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

FUNCTION; HAMSTRING MUSCLES; INJURY; MOTOR CONTROL

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650783060     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328808X252046     Document Type: Review

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