The Pollexograph®: A New Device for Palmar Abduction Measurements of the Thumb

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-277

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THUMB; THUMB HYPOPLASIA; VARIANCE; ARTHROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FINGER JOINT; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THUMB;

EID: 67650448086     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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