Reliability of quantifying foot and ankle muscle strength in very young children

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 626-631

  Rose, Kristy J ^a,b   Burns, Joshua ^a,b   Ryan, Monique M ^c,d   Ouvrier, Robert A ^a,b   North, Kathryn N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Hand held dynamometry; Manual muscle testing; Quantitative muscle testing; Reliability; Strength

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ANKLE; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ANKLE PLANTAR FLEXION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DYNAMOMETER; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT EVERSION; FOOT INVERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANKLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42549167044     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20961     Document Type: Article

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