Palmar Abduction: Reliability of 6 Measurement Methods in Healthy Adults

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-530

  de Kraker, M ^a   Selles, R W ^a   Schreuders, T A R ^a   Stam, H J ^a   Hovius, S E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; goniometry; hand; palmar abduction; reliability

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GONIOMETRY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; THUMB;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60849106332     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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