Dynamometer measurements of grip and knee extension strength: Are they indicative of overall limb and trunk muscle strength?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY);

EID: 67649863712     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.108.2.339-342     Document Type: Article

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