Inter- and intrarater reliability of isokinetic thigh muscle strength tests in postmenopausal women with osteopenia

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-427

  Eitzen, Ingrid ^a,b,c   Hakestad, Kari Anne ^a,c   Risberg, May Arna ^a,b,c  

^a Norwegian Research Center for Active Rehabilitation   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Osteopenia; Outcomes assessment; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of findings

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPENIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; WRIST FRACTURE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; TORQUE;

AGED; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 84859980376     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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