Normative values for isometric muscle force measurements obtained with hand-held dynamometers

Physical Therapy

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-259

  Andrews, A Williams ^b   Thomas, Michael W ^b   Bohannon, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dynamometry; Muscle; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; WRIST;

EID: 0029963026     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/76.3.248     Document Type: Article

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