Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 880-887 , September 2008

Accuracy of Biodex system 3 pro computerized dynamometer in passive mode

  • A. Nordez

      Affiliations

    • Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, Laboratoire “Motricité, Interactions, Performance”, JE 2438, UFR STAPS, 25 bis Bd Guy Mollet BP 72206, Nantes F-44000, France
    • ,
  • P. Casari

      Affiliations

    • Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, Institut de recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique, UMR 6183, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière BP 92208, Nantes F-44000, France
    • ,
  • C. Cornu

      Affiliations

    • Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, Laboratoire “Motricité, Interactions, Performance”, JE 2438, UFR STAPS, 25 bis Bd Guy Mollet BP 72206, Nantes F-44000, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 2 51 83 72 22; fax: +33 2 51 83 72 10.

Received 6 June 2007 ,Revised 29 October 2007 ,Accepted 4 November 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00185-3

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.11.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 880-887 , September 2008

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