Predicting maximal grip strength using hand circumference

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Li, Ke ^a,b   Hewson, David J ^a   Duchêne, Jacques ^a   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Impairment; Maximal grip strength; Outcome assessment; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM CIRCUMFERENCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND CIRCUMFERENCE; HAND LENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALM LENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77958102757     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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