Reference values for isometric muscle force among workers for the Netherlands: A comparison of reference values

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Douma, Rob K W ^a   Soer, Remko ^b,c   Krijnen, Wim P ^a   Reneman, Michiel ^b   van der Schans, Cees P ^a,b  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hand held dynamometer; Maximum voluntary contraction; Muscle force; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCHMAN; DYNAMOMETER; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW EXTENSION; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HAND HELD DYNAMOMETER; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC MUSCLE FORCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WORKER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919767354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-6-10     Document Type: Article

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