Isometric knee extension force measured using a handheld dynamometer with and without belt-stabilization

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 562-568

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a   Kindig, Jeffrey ^a   Sabo, Gregory ^a   Duni, Allison E ^a   Cram, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865804412     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2011.640385     Document Type: Article

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