The intra- and interrater reliability of hip muscle strength assessments using a handheld versus a portable dynamometer anchoring station

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 598-603

  Scott, David A ^a   Bond, E Quin ^b   Sisto, Sue Ann ^b   Nadler, Scott F ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2342458985     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.07.013     Document Type: Article

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