The handgrip strength test as a measure of function in breast cancer survivors: Relationship to cancer-related symptoms and physical and physiologic parameters

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 774-782

  Cantarero Villanueva, Irene ^a   Fernández Lao, Carolina ^a   Díaz Rodríguez, Lourdes ^a   Fernández De Las Peñas, Cesar ^c   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^b,d   Arroyo Morales, Manuel ^a  

^a School of Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Handgrip; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865795498     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31825f1538     Document Type: Article

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