The predictive validity of a single leg bridge test for hamstring injuries in Australian rules football players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 713-717

  Freckleton, Grant ^a   Cook, Jill ^b   Pizzari, Tania ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898832354     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092356     Document Type: Article

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