Reliability and validity of the standing heel-rise test

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-204

  Yocum, Allison ^a   McCoy, Sarah Westcott ^b   Bjornson, Kristie F ^c   Mullens, Pamela ^c   Burton, Gay Naganuma ^d  

^a Northwest Pediatric Therapies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Boyer Children's Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Endurance; Heel rise test; Plantar flexion; Reliability; Strength testing; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954434517     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01942631003761380     Document Type: Article

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