A comparison of two portable dynamometers in the assessment of shoulder and elbow strength

Physiotherapy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-112

  Vermeulen, Henricus M ^a   de Bock, Geertruida H ^b   van Houwelingen, Hans C ^a   van der Meer, Ruben L ^c   Mol, Marjolein C ^c   Plus, Benno T ^c   Rozing, Piet M ^a   Vliet Vlieland, Thea P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Elbow; Practical applicability; Reliability; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 33748066338     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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