Are hand-grip and knee extension strength reflective of a common construct?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 514-518

  Bohanon, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER;

EID: 84861403614     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.26.PMS.114.2.514-518     Document Type: Article

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