Lower extremity muscle strength in 6- to 8-year-old children using hand-held dynamometry

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-136

  Macfarlane, Tammy S ^a   Larson, Cathy A ^a   Stiller, Christine ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DYNAMOMETER; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TORQUE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 46249103871     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e318172432d     Document Type: Article

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