Reliability of isometric muscle strength tests for the trunk, hands and shoulders

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 379-387

  Essendrop, Morten ^a   Schibye, Bente ^a   Hansen, Klaus ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Physical capacity; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MUSCLE; RELIABILITY;

ISOMETRIC MUSCLE STRENGTH TESTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034755377     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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