The reliability of isometric strength and fatigue measures in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-164

  McCarthy, Christopher J ^a   Callaghan, Michael J ^b   Oldham, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Knee osteoarthritis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 40849096256     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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