Reliability and validity of the DynEx dynamometer

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-347

  Shechtman, Orit ^a   Gestewitz, Lisa ^b   Kimble, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Therapy in Motion   (United States)

^c ACG Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 22544475892     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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