Trunk extensor and flexor strength measured by the Cybex 6000 dynamometer: Assessment of short-term and long-term reproducibility of several strength variables

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2770-2776

  Madsen, Ole R ^a  

^a Copenhagen Municipal Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cybex 6000; isokinetics; muscle strength; reproducibility; trunk strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0030479264     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199612010-00012     Document Type: Article

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