Test-retest reliability of hand-held dynamometer and manual muscle strength measurements in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-71

  Aksu, Sibel ^a   Yakut, Yavuz ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Hand held dynamometer; Manual muscle testing; Muscle strength; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND HELD DYNAMOMETER; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER;

EID: 0842306878     PISSN: 13008757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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