Mechanographic characteristics of adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Witzel, Cordelia ^a   Schickendantz, Sabine ^a   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a   Brockmeier, Konrad ^a   Schoenau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chair rising test; Maximal isometric grip force; Peak jump force; Peak jump power

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 39049103340     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0495-y     Document Type: Article

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