Influence of thigh muscle strength and balance on hop length in one-legged hopping in children aged 7-12 years

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-262

  Tveter, Anne Therese ^a,b   Holm, Inger ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balance; Children; Muscle strength; One legged hopping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HOP LENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONE LEGGED HOPPING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; THIGH;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIGH;

EID: 77954660919     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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