The Reliability of One vs. Three Grip Trials in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Subjects

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-327

  Coldham, Fiona ^a   Lewis, Jeremy ^a   Lee, Hoe ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; STUDENT T TEST; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS;

EID: 33745992635     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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