A comparison of methods for shoulder strength assessment and analysis of Constant score change in patients aged over fifty years in the United Kingdom

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-289

  Walton, Michael J ^a   Walton, Julia C ^a   Honorez, Laura A M ^a   Harding, Victoria F ^a   Wallace, W Angus ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOMETER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SPRING BALANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34247893987     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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