Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 281-289 , July 2010

Reliability and Validity of the Multiaxis Profile Dynamometer with Younger and Older Participants

  • Mary E. Sesto, PT, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to Mary E. Sesto, PT, PhD, 4176 Medical Sciences Center, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706

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 The authors have not received benefits of any kind from commercial parties associated with products or companies mentioned in this article and do not have any financial interest in such companies or products. The authors are considering intellectual property protection on their device.

PII: S0894-1130(10)00019-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2010.02.002

Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 281-289 , July 2010

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