Gravity correction in trunk dynamometry: Is it reliable?

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Bygott, I L ^a   McMeeken, J ^a   Carroll, S ^a   Story, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0034987758     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2001-0056     Document Type: Article

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