The validity of button fastening as a test of hand disability in myotonic dystrophy

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-121

  Nitz, Jennifer ^a   Burns, Yvonne ^a   Jackson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Hand strength; Myotonia atrophica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031778193     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60371-8     Document Type: Article

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