Revised normative values for grip strength with the Jamar dynamometer

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Peters, Martine J H ^a   Van Nes, Sonja I ^b   Vanhoutte, Els K ^a   Bakkers, Mayienne ^a,b,c   Van Doorn, Pieter A ^b   Merkies, Ingemar S J ^a   Faber, Catharina G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

grip strength; Jamar dynamometer; normative values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955054490     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2011.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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