The interrater reliability of force measurements using a modified sphygmomanometer in elderly subjects

Physical Therapy

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1095-1103

  Kaegi, Christine ^a   Thibault, Marie Claude ^a   Giroux, Francine ^a   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Force; Geriatrics; Muscle; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RELIABILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

EID: 0031666498     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/78.10.1095     Document Type: Article

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