Critical Reappraisal of Medical Research Council Muscle Testing for Elbow Flexion

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  MacAvoy, Michael C ^a   Green, David P ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elbow; elbow flexion; muscle strength; Strength grading; strength testing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

AGED; BIOPHYSICS; CADAVER; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 33846615917     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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