Joint angle measurement: A comparative study of the reliability of goniometry and wire tracing for the hand

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 314-320

  Ellis, Bridget ^a   Bruton, Anne ^a   Goddard, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GONIOMETRY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RELIABILITY;

EID: 9844256448     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559701100408     Document Type: Article

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