A novel device for the measurement of proprioception in the hand

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 638-641

  Wycherley, A S ^a   Helliwell, P S ^a   Bird, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint position sense; Kinaesthesia; Measurement; Proprioception; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTEER; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 21244431990     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh568     Document Type: Article

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