Interrater reliability of the active-knee-extension test for hamstring length in school-aged children

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Rakos, Diane M ^a   Shaw, Kelly A ^b   Fedor, Robyn L ^c   LaManna, Maryalice ^f   Yocum, Corrie C ^d,g   Lawrence, Kevin J ^e  

^a Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Little Flower Manor   (United States)

^c Allied Medical and Technical Career   (United States)

^d John Heinz Rehabilitation Institute of Medicine   (United States)

^e University of New York   (United States)

^f Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of NJ   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics skeletal; Child; Evaluation studies; Knee joint physiology; Muscle; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOCLONUS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035107531     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001577-200113010-00006     Document Type: Article

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