Gender and age effects on elbow joint stiffness in healthy subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-85

  Lin, Chou Ching K ^a,b   Ju, Ming Shaung ^b   Huang, Han Wei ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age factors; Biomechanics; Body weight; Elbow; Gender; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11444255232     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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