Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , February 2008

The reliability of musculoskeletal screening tests used in cricket

  • Rebecca J. Dennis

      Affiliations

    • NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    • School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Vic. 3353, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Caroline F. Finch

      Affiliations

    • NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    • School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Vic. 3353, Australia
    • ,
  • Bruce C. Elliott

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia, M40835 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    • ,
  • Patrick J. Farhart

      Affiliations

    • Cricket New South Wales, P.O. Box 333, Paddington, NSW 2021, Australia

Received 7 May 2007 ,Revised 5 September 2007 ,Accepted 20 September 2007.

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PII: S1466-853X(07)00098-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2007.09.004

Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , February 2008

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