Isometric muscle force measurement for clinicians treating patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Fransen, Marlene ^a,c   Crosbie, Jack ^a   Edmonds, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Institute for International Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis isometric force reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037440945     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10923     Document Type: Article

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