Isometric rate of force development, maximum voluntary contraction, and balance in women with and without joint hypermobility

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1665-1669

  Mebes, Christine ^a   Amstutz, Astrid ^a   Luder, Gere ^a   Ziswiler, Hans Ruedi ^a   Stettler, Matthias ^b   Villiger, Peter M ^a   Radlinger, Lorenz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56049127905     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24196     Document Type: Article

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