Performance on the single-leg squat task indicates hip abductor muscle function

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-873

  Crossley, Kay M ^a,b   Zhang, Wan Jing ^c   Schache, Anthony G ^a   Bryant, Adam ^c   Cowan, Sallie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical assessment; core stability; patellofemoral joint; subgroups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954542289     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510395456     Document Type: Article

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