Maximal isometric muscle strength. Normative values and gender-specific relation to age

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-113

  Stoll, Th ^a   Huber, E ^b   Seifert, B ^c   Michel, B A ^b   Stucki, G ^b  

^a Rheuma und Rehabilitationsklinik ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age dependence of strength; Gender specific strength; Maximal isometric muscle strength; Normative values; Pull gauge; Side specific strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034052491     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050026     Document Type: Article

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