Hand-held dynamometry for muscle strength measurement in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Crompton, Jodi ^a   Galea, Mary P ^a   Phillips, Bev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847385395     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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