Normalizing Lower-Extremity Strength Data for Children Without Disability Using Allometric Scaling

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1446-1451

  Wren, Tishya A ^a,b   Engsberg, Jack R ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Growth; Muscle development; Rehabilitation; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOMETRY; ANKLE; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ANKLE PLANTARFLEXION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HIP; HIP ABDUCTION; HIP ADDUCTION; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; LABORATORY; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTION; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORQUE;

EID: 35448932691     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.775     Document Type: Article

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