A comparative study of the jamar® and the grippit® for measuring handgrip strength in clinical practice

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Svantesson, Ulla ^a,b   Nordé, Maria ^a   Svensson, Sandra ^a   Brodin, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instrument; Reference values; Reliability; Verbal encouragement; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 67651238858     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IES-2009-0338     Document Type: Article

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