Discrimination between maximal and submaximal effort in lumbar dynamometry

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-35

  Hutten, Miriam M R ^a   Muller, Majon T H ^a   Hermens, Hermie J ^a  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consistency; Dynamometry; Low back; Low effort; Maximum effort; Preferred effort

Indexed keywords

DYNAMOMETERS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LUMBAR DYNAMOMETRY; VARIATION COEFFICIENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRAINING; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031954231     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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