Three-dimensionality of direct contact forces in clinical manual examination and treatment;Dreidimensionalität direkter Kontaktkräfte während der klinischen manuellen Untersuchung und Behandlung

Manuelle Medizin

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 208-219

  Van Zoest, G G J M ^a,b  

^a VOFKinesiometrics ^*  (Germany)

^b Physiotherapeut Manualtherapeut Lencer and Pepels   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D manual contact forces; Clinical manual examination and treatment forces

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547736440     PISSN: 00252514     EISSN: 14330466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00337-004-0304-x     Document Type: Article

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