Reliability of 3 methods for assessing shoulder strength

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-39

  Hayes, Kimberley ^a,b   Walton, Judie R ^a   Szomor, Zoltan L ^a   Murrell, George A C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARTHROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0036369386     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.119852     Document Type: Article

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