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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJPTR-112, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2016/112
Research Article
Reproducibility of Lower Strength Tests Using a New Portable Dynamometer; Measurement Comparisons with a Non-Portable Dynamometer

Konstantinos Papadopoulos* and Dimitris Stasinopoulos

1Physiotherapy Program, European University of Cyprus, 6 Diogenous Egkomi 2404, Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Department of Health Sciences, School of Sciences 6, Diogenes Str. Engomi, P.O.Box 22006, 1516, Nicosia, Cyprus; E-mail: kostpap@yahoo.com
18 September 2015; 6 February 2016; 9 February 2016
Papadopoulos K, Stasinopoulos D (2016) Reproducibility of Lower Strength Tests Using a New Portable Dynamometer; Measurement Comparisons with a Non-Portable Dynamometer. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 2: 112. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2016/112
© 2016 Papadopoulos et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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