The foot posture index, ankle lunge test, Beighton scale and the lower limb assessment score in healthy children: A reliability study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Evans, Angela M ^a,b   Rome, Keith ^a   Peet, Lauren ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84857178928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-5-1     Document Type: Article

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