Grip strength ratio: A grip strength measurement that correlates well with DASH score in different hand/wrist conditions

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beumer, Annechien ^a   Lindau, Tommy R ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DASH; Grip strength; Grip strength ratio; Handgrip dynamometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; RADIUS FRACTURE; WRIST DISEASE; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST;

EID: 84907938399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-336     Document Type: Article

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