Adequacy of hand-grip dynamometry for characterizing upper limb strength after stroke

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-265

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a,b,c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamometry; Grip strength; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELBOW FLEXION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; STROKE;

EID: 13444249823     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2004-0184     Document Type: Article

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