Methods to improve the reliability of the functional reach test in children and adolescents with typical development

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-27

  Volkman, Kathleen Gerri ^a   Stergiou, Nicholas ^b   Stuberg, Wayne ^a   Blanke, Daniel ^b   Stoner, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolesent; Child; Measure; Musculoskeletal equilibrium; Posture physiology; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847110335     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pep.0000247173.14969.5a     Document Type: Article

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