Reliability of dynamometry to quantify isometric strength following traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 1030-1037

  Morris, Susan ^a,b   Dodd, Karen ^b   Morris, Meg ^c  

^a Private Practice   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reliability and validity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VALIDITY;

EID: 65449133906     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802533775     Document Type: Article

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