Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , February 2009

Comparison of hip joint range of motion in professional youth and senior team footballers with age-matched controls: An indication of early degenerative change?

  • Carron Manning

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy Department, Springfield Hospital, Lawn Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7GU, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01245 234045.
    • ,
  • Zoë Hudson

      Affiliations

    • Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4DG, UK

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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PII: S1466-853X(08)00133-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2008.11.005

Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , February 2009

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