Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , February 2009

Handedness Influences Passive Shoulder Range of Motion in Nonathlete Adult Women

  • Ana Lúcia F. Conte, PT

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine/ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Amélia P. Marques, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine/ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Raquel A. Casarotto, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine/ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Silvia M. Amado-João, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine/ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Sílvia Maria Amado-João, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Rua Cipotânia, 51, Cidade Universitária, CEP 05360-160 Sao Paulo–SP, Brazil.

Received 4 June 2008 ,Revised 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2008.

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 Funding sources. Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo provided only financial support for this study, without any role in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00356-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.12.006

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , February 2009

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