Application of biomechanical growth models of the quantitative evaluation of the motor system in children

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Lebiedowska, Maria K ^a   Syczewska, Malgorzata ^b   Graff, Krzysztof ^b   Kalinowska, Malgorzata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Motor development; Rehabilitation ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWER LEG; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0029867675     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289609166031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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