What is the minimum clinically important difference in grip strength?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2536-2541

  Kim, Jae Kwang ^a,b   Park, Min Gyue ^b   Shin, Sung Joon ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904088232     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3666-y     Document Type: Article

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