A study of grip endurance and strengh in different elbow positions

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-211

  Shyam Kumar, A J ^a,b   Parmar, V ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Kar, S ^a   Harper, W M ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elbow; Hand strength; Muscle; Physical endurance; Racquet Sports; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; GRIP ENDURANCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57049127606     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-008-0020-8     Document Type: Article

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