Assessment of an electronic goniometer designed to measure equinus contracture

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-239

  Assal, Mathieu ^a   Shofer, Jane B ^a   Rohr, Eric ^a   Price, Robert ^a   Czerniecki, Joseph ^a   Sangeorzan, Bruce J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Equinus; Goniometer accuracy

Indexed keywords

GONIOMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TORQUE;

EQUINOMETERS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ACCURACY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANKLE JOINT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037981523     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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