Variation in measurements of grip strength. A study in reflex sympathetic dystrophy patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 69, Issue 279, 1998, Pages 4-11

  Geertzen, Jan H B ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a   Stewart, Roy E ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Ten Duis, Henk J ^a   Eisma, Willem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; THEORY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAND GRIP; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032038063     PISSN: 03008827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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