Grip and Knee extension muscle strength reflect a common construct among adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-558

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a   Magasi, Susan R ^b   Bubela, Deborah J ^a   Wang, Ying Chih ^c   Gershon, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grip; Knee; Measurement; Muscle; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866337148     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23350     Document Type: Article

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