Relationship between foot strength and motor function in preschool-age children

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-107

  Rose, Kristy J ^a,b   Burns, Joshua ^a,b   North, Kathryn N ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Foot weakness; Hand held dynamometry; Muscle testing; Paediatrics; Spinal muscular atrophy; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRENGTH;

ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; RUNNING;

EID: 59149104843     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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