Reliability assessment of isometric knee extension measurements with a computer-assisted hand-held dynamometer

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-448

  Roebroeck, Marij E ^a   Harlaar, Jaap ^a   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031949767     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90147-2     Document Type: Article

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