Initial development of a device for controlling manually applied forces

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-138

  Waddington, Gordon S ^a   Adams, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Force variation; Manual forces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PISIFORM BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34247388916     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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