Reliability of knee and ankle strength measures in an older adult population

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Ordway, Nathaniel R ^a,b,c   Hand, Nicole ^c   Briggs, Gabe ^c   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynamometer; Isokinetics; Limits of agreement; Repeatability; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 33645458644     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-16974.1     Document Type: Article

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