Use of the standard error as a reliability index of interest: An applied example using elbow flexor strength data

Physical Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 745-750

  Stratford, Paul W ^a   Goldsmith, Charlie H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Measurement error; Reliability; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030814146     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/77.7.745     Document Type: Article

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