Anthropometric parameters in children: A comparison of values obtained from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and cadaver-based estimates

Gait and Posture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Ganley, Kathleen J ^a   Powers, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; DXA; Gait; Kinetics; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE;

EID: 1542268307     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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