Cervical range of motion, cervical and shoulder strength in senior versus age-grade Rugby Union International front-row forwards
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Cervical range of motion, cervical and shoulder strength in senior versus age-grade Rugby Union International front-row forwards.
OBJECTIVES To provide normative values for cervical range of motion (CROM), isometric cervical and shoulder strength for; International Senior professional, and International Age-grade Rugby Union front-row forwards. DESIGN Cross-sectional population study. SETTING All international level front-row players within a Rugby Union Tier 1 Nation. PARTICIPANTS Nineteen Senior and 21 Age-grade f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy in Sport
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1466-853X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2015.10.001