Test-retest reliability of a knee joint position sense measurement method in sitting and prone position

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Olsson, L ^a   Lund, Hans ^a   Henriksen, M ^a   Rogind, H ^b   Bliddal, H ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe B ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knee; Proprioception; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SITTING;

EID: 1842535330     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190310009894     Document Type: Article

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