The intra- and inter-rater reliability of manual muscle testing and a hand-held dynamometer for measuring wrist strength in symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects

Hand Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Toemen, Angela ^a   Dalton, Sarah ^a   Sandford, Fiona ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hand held dynamometer; manual muscle testing; reliability; strength; Wrist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993661245     PISSN: 17589983     EISSN: 17589991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ht.2011.011010     Document Type: Article

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