Reliability of knee extensor and flexor muscle strength measurements in persons with late effects of polio

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 588-592

  Flansbjer, Ulla Britt ^a,b   Lexell, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Muscle; Outcome assessment; Postpoliomyelitis syndrome; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Research design; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953819982     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0561     Document Type: Article

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