Selected issues relating to the medicolegal applications of isokinetic dynamometry

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 143-147

  Dvir, Zeevi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Isokinetic dynamometry (ISD); Medicolegal applications; Muscle performanceassessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346012833     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-1996-53-407     Document Type: Article

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