Testing of knee extension muscle strength: A comparison of two portable alternatives for the NIH toolbox study

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Wang, Ying Chih ^a,b   Bohannon, Richard W ^c   Magasi, Susan R ^d   Hrynkiewicz, Beata ^c   Morales, Aaron ^c   Gershon, Richard C ^d   Rymer, Zev ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric dynamometry; measurement; muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELT STABILIZED HAND HELD DYNAMOMETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATED TENSION LOAD CELL DEVICE; ISOMETRICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 80051966223     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: 18785913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IES-2011-0410     Document Type: Article

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