Determining meaningful changes in hip abductor muscle strength obtained by handheld dynamometry

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Youdas, James W ^a   Mraz, Sara T ^a   Norstad, Barbara J ^a   Schinke, Jennifer J ^a   Hollman, John H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX RATIO; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 45749139622     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03639040701429374     Document Type: Article

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