Hip- and knee-strength assessments using a hand-held dynamometer with external belt-fixation are inter-tester reliable

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-555

  Thorborg, Kristian ^a   Bandholm, Thomas ^a   Hölmich, Per ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Athletes; Groin; Hamstring; Hand held dynamometer; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874020677     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2115-2     Document Type: Article

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