Test-Retest Reliability of Hand-Held Dynamometric Strength Testing in Young People with Cerebral Palsy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Taylor, Nicholas F ^a   Dodd, Karen J ^a   Graham, H Kerr ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0347989563     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00379-4     Document Type: Article

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