A comparison of statistical models for calculating reliability of the hoffmann reflex

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-175

  Christie, A ^a,b   Kamen, G ^a   Boucher, Jean P ^c   Greig Inglis, J ^b   Gabriel, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

evoked potentials; flexor carpi radialis; intraclass correlation; surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 77955132092     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2010.495549     Document Type: Article

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