Normative data on hand grip strength in a Greek adult population

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 713-717

  Mitsionis, Gregory ^a   Pakos, Emilios E ^a,b   Stafilas, Kosmas S ^a   Paschos, Nikolaos ^a   Papakostas, Theodore ^a   Beris, Alexandros E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Neohoropoulo   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREECE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67449084693     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0551-x     Document Type: Article

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