Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 1018-1025 , October 2008

A prospective study of iliotibial band strain in runners

  • Joseph Hamill

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Ross Miller

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    • ,
  • Brian Noehren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, USA
    • ,
  • Irene Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, USA

Received 23 November 2007 ,Accepted 28 April 2008.

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PII: S0268-0033(08)00166-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.04.017

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 1018-1025 , October 2008

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