Comparison of isokinetic peak force and power in adults with partial and total blindness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 231-237

  Horvat, Michael ^a   Nocera, Joe ^a   Ray, Christopher ^b   Croce, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORQUE;

EID: 33751026459     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.1.231-237     Document Type: Article

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