Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 626-631 , May 2007

Test-Retest Reliability of Isokinetic Knee Extension and Flexion

  • Gisela Sole, BSc(Physio), MSc(Med)

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Physiotherapy Research at the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gisela Sole, BSc(Physio), MSc(Med), University of Otago, Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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  • Jonas Hamrén, BSc(Physio)

      Affiliations

    • Department for Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Stephan Milosavljevic, BAppSc(Physio), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Physiotherapy Research at the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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  • Helen Nicholson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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  • S. John Sullivan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Physiotherapy Research at the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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 Supported by the Physiotherapy Research Trust, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago (research grant-in-aid).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00103-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 626-631 , May 2007

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