The reliability of upper- and lower-extremity strength testing in a community survey of older adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1423-1427

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a   Branch, Laurence G ^b   Ray, Laura ^a   Gonzales, Vera A ^a   Peek, M Kristen ^a   Hinman, Martha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hispanic Americans; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TIME;

EID: 0036792768     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.34619     Document Type: Article

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