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Development and reliability of a hand-held dynamometer device to measure the ankle dorsiflexor muscle strength

BACKGROUND: Ankle dorsiflexor muscle strength is a crucial component of gait. OBJECTIVE: We describe the development of a simple, hand-held dynamometer to measure the ankle dorsiflexor muscle strength in the sitting position. In addition, we examine its intra- and inter-rater reliability. METHODS: M...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Masanobu, Ogata, Yuto, Akebi, Toru, Ochi, Mitsuhiro, Hachisuka, Kenji, Saeki, Satoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31191956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055668318802558