Subjectivity of forces associated with manual-muscle test grades of 3+, 4-, and 4

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue PART 3 SPEC. ISS., 1998, Pages 1123-1128

  Knepler, Caryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032247817     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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