Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 144-152 , May 2007

Direct, quantitative clinical assessment of hand function: Usefulness and reproducibility

  • Alexander Goodson

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Department
    • ,
  • Alison H. McGregor

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Department
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +442083838831; fax: +442083838835.
    • ,
  • Jane Douglas

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital Campus, London W6 8RF, UK
    • ,
  • Peter Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital Campus, London W6 8RF, UK

Received 26 January 2005 ,Revised 6 February 2006 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.002

Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 144-152 , May 2007

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