An investigation into reliability of knee extension muscle strength measurements, and into the relationship between muscle strength and means of independent mobility in the ward: Examinations of patients who underwent femoral neck fracture surgery

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-19

  Katoh, Munenori ^a   Kaneko, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a RYOTOKUJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Independent walking; Muscle strength; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893557663     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.26.15     Document Type: Article

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