Gender differences in trunk, pelvis and lower limb kinematics during a single leg squat

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-466

  Graci, Valentina ^a   Van Dillen, Linda R ^b   Salsich, Gretchen B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Gender differences; Hip adduction; Knee abduction; Pelvis rotation; PFP; Trunk flexion

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAT; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PELVIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864332715     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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