Isokinetic assessment of the shoulder rotators: A study of optimal test position

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Forthomme, B ^a   Dvir, Z ^b   Crielaard, J M ^a   Croisier, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Isokinetic; Reliability; Reproducibility; Rotator cuff; Shoulder muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953744756     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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