Measurement of range of motion in individuals with mental retardation and with or without Down syndrome

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 550-556

  Angelopoulou, Nickoletta ^a   Tsimaras, Vassilis ^a   Christoulas, Kosmas ^a   Mandroukas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0033203092     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.2.550     Document Type: Article

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