Hand dominance and grip strength of older Asian adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 897-900

  Wang, Ching Yi ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYNAMOMETER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956208594     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.3.897-900     Document Type: Article

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