Test-Retest Reliability of Isokinetic Knee Extension and Flexion

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 626-631

  Sole, Gisela ^a   Hamrén, Jonas ^b   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Nicholson, Helen ^a   Sullivan, S John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Knee injuries; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Thigh; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 34247262580     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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