Intratester Reliability and Validity of Concentric Measurements Using a New Hand-Held Dynamometer

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1541-1547

  Janssen, Jessie C ^a   Le Ngoc, Lan ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Muscle strength dynamometer; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; DYNAMOMETER; ELBOW FLEXION; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDITY;

HAND; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 69549111363     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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