Assessment and correction of skinfold thickness equations in estimating body fat in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Gurka, Matthew J ^a   Kuperminc, Michelle N ^a   Busby, Marjorie G ^b   Bennis, Jacey A ^b   Grossberg, Richard I ^c   Houlihan, Christine M ^a   Stevenson, Richard D ^a   Henderson, Richard C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c Hattie Larlham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 75349086156     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03474.x     Document Type: Article

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