Isometric Muscle Torque in Children 5 to 15 Years of Age: Normative Data

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1091-1099

  Eek, Meta Nyström ^a   Kroksmark, Anna Karin ^a   Beckung, Eva ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; Isometric contraction; Muscle contraction; Reference values; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TORQUE;

EID: 33746271063     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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