Reliability and concurrent validity of the perometer for measuring hand volume in women with and without lymphedema

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Lee, Mi Joung ^a   Boland, Robert A ^a   Czerniec, Sharon ^a   Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79952965636     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2010.0021     Document Type: Article

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