Manual strength testing in 14 upper limb muscles: A study of inter-rater reliability

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-448

  Jepsen, Jørgen R ^a   Laursen, Lise H ^a   Larsen, Anders I ^b   Hagert, Carl Göran ^c  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 4444268852     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001222-1     Document Type: Article

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