Health-related physical fitness of adolescents and young adults with myelomeningocele

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Buffart, Laurien M ^a   van Berg Emons, Rita J G ^a   van Wijlen Hempel, Marie S ^b   Stam, Henk J ^a   Roebroeck, Marij E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Body fat; Joint mobility; Muscle strength; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANKLE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYNAMOMETRY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALKING;

EID: 43449128082     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0684-z     Document Type: Article

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