Reliability of the sit-to-stand test over dispersed test sessions

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Schaubert, Karen ^a   Bohannon, Richard W ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle; Sit to stand; Strength; Test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 21044448073     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2005-0188     Document Type: Article

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