Feasibility and reliability of body composition measurements in adults with severe intellectual and sensory disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-388

  Waninge, A ^a   van der Weide, W ^b   Evenhuis, I J ^c   van Wijck, R ^d   van der Schans, C P ^b  

^a De Brink and Hanze University Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Body composition; Intellectual disabilities; Physical fitness; Sensory disabilities; Visual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; RELIABILITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIBIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 63049122227     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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