Validity and reliability of clinical tests for assessing passive ankle stiffness;Validade e confi abilidade de medidas clínicas para avaliação da rigidez passiva da articulação do tornozelo

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-173

  Araújo, Vanessa L ^a   Carvalhais, Viviane O C ^a   Souza, Thales R ^a   Ocarino, Juliana M ^a   Gonçalves, Gabriela G P ^a   Fonseca, Sérgio T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ankle; Clinical test; Passive stiffness; Reproducibility of results; Validity of tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958008733     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552011000200013     Document Type: Article

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