Validity and reproducibility of hand-held dynamometry in children aged 4-11 years

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-64

  van den Beld, Willeke A ^a   van der Sanden, Gitty A C ^a   Sengers, Rob C A ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Gabreëls, Fons J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Hand held dynamometry; Muscle; Myopathy; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYOPATHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31744444690     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970510044043     Document Type: Article

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