Reliability of upper and lower extremity anthropometric measurements and the effect on tissue mass predictions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1604-1610

  Burkhart, Timothy A ^a   Arthurs, Katherine L ^a   Andrews, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measures; Lower extremity; Reliability; Tissue mass prediction; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; OILS AND FATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION EQUATIONS; SKINFOLD THICKNESSES; UNILATERAL MEASUREMENTS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 42749088087     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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