A Comparison of the Figure-of-eight Method and Water Volumetry in Measurement of Hand and Wrist Size

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Maihafer, George C ^a   Llewellyn, Mark A ^b   Pillar Jr , William J ^c   Scott, Kristen L ^d   Marino, Denise M ^e   Bond, Rebecca M ^f  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Luke's Rehabilitation Centers   (United States)

^c Piedmont Orthop Sports Med Rehab   (United States)

^d Muskogee Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^e Elwyn   (United States)

^f Quinn Orthopedic Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIGURE OF EIGHT METHOD; HAND; HAND SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY; WATER VOLUMETRY; WRIST; WRIST SIZE;

EID: 0242442608     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S0894-1130(03)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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