Normative volume difference between the dominant and nondominant upper limbs in healthy older women

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 182-188

  Dylke, E S ^a   Yee, J ^a   Ward, L C ^a,b   Foroughi, N ^a   Kilbreath, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM VOLUME; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WRIST;

EID: 84871305434     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: 15578585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2012.0011     Document Type: Article

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