Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , February 2007

Objective measurement of knee extension force based on computer adaptive testing

  • Avi Wiener

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Occupational Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
  • ,
  • Etgar Marcus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
  • ,
  • Joseph Mizrahi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 4 8294129/30; fax: +972 4 8294599.

Received 18 February 2005 ,Revised 28 November 2005 ,Accepted 18 December 2005.

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PII: S1050-6411(06)00003-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.12.004

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , February 2007