Altered muscle activation following hamstring injuries

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-123

  Sole, Gisela ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Nicholson, Helen ^a   Sullivan, S John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; THIGH; TIME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECURRENCE; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027916880     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.079343     Document Type: Article

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