Evaluation of the Torque-Velocity Test of the BTE-Primus as a Measure of Sincerity of Effort of Grip Strength

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-335

  Shechtman, Orit ^a   Hope, Lisa M ^a   Sindhu, Bhagwant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35348927375     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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