Magnitude estimation of manually assessed elastic stiffness: Stability of the exponent

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 581-592

  Nicholson, Leslie ^a   Adams, Roger ^b   Maher, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPINE; TOUCH;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPINE; TOUCH;

EID: 0034297305     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.2.581     Document Type: Article

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