The (un)standardized use of handheld dynamometers on the evaluation of muscle force output

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¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação e Desempenho Físico Funcional, Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: marco.garcia@ufjf.edu.br.
² Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland; Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

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Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia et al. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Jan-Feb.

. 2020 Jan-Feb;24(1):88-89.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Nov 13.

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação e Desempenho Físico Funcional, Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: marco.garcia@ufjf.edu.br.
² Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland; Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

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Response to the letter to the Editor entitled, "The (un)standardized use of handheld dynamometers on the evaluation of muscle force output.".
Mattiello-Sverzut AC. Mattiello-Sverzut AC. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Jan-Feb;24(1):89-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.10.005. Epub 2019 Nov 13. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020. PMID: 31740164 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Isometric muscle strength in children and adolescents using Handheld dynamometry: reliability and normative data for the Brazilian population.
Daloia LMT, Leonardi-Figueiredo MM, Martinez EZ, Mattiello-Sverzut AC. Daloia LMT, et al. Braz J Phys Ther. 2018 Nov-Dec;22(6):474-483. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.04.006. Epub 2018 May 4. Braz J Phys Ther. 2018. PMID: 29802034 Free PMC article.

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