Reliability of shoulder abduction strength measure for the constant-murley score

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1565-1571

  Hirschmann, Michael Tobias ^a   Wind, Björn ^a   Amsler, Felix ^b   Gross, Thomas ^c  

^a Kantonsspital Bruderholz ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Amsler Consulting   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; VOLUNTEER; AGE; ARTHROMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952523870     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-1007-3     Document Type: Article

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