Eccentric and isometric shoulder rotator cuff strength testing using a hand-held dynamometer: reference values for overhead athletes

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3838-3847

  Cools, Ann M J ^a   Vanderstukken, Fran ^a   Vereecken, Frédéric ^a   Duprez, Mattias ^a   Heyman, Karel ^a   Goethals, Nick ^a   Johansson, Fredrik ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hand held dynamometer; Injury prevention; Normative database; Rotator cuff strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939614471     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3755-9     Document Type: Article

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