Isokinetic knee muscle strength of individuals with mental retardation, a comparative study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 849-855

  Angelopoulou, Nickoletta ^a   Tsimakas, Vassilis ^b   Christoulas, Kosmas ^b   Kokaridas, Dimitrios ^b   Mandroukas, Konstantinos ^b  

^a Special Education   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; ERGOMETRY; EXERTION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 0033144974     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3.849     Document Type: Article

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