Reliability of a new application for smartphones (DrGoniometer) for elbow angle measurement

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1153-1154

  Ferriero, Giorgio ^a   Sartorio, Francesco ^a   Foti, Calogero ^b   Primavera, Diego ^a   Brigatti, Elisa ^c   Vercelli, Stefano ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; ELBOW; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CELLULAR PHONE; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84055183510     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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