Isometric muscle strength in youth assessed by hand-held dynamometry: A feasibility, reliability, and validity study: A feasibility, reliability, and validity study

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-299

  Hébert, Luc J ^a,b   Maltais, Désirée B ^b,c   Lepage, Céline ^c,d   Saulnier, Joanne ^d   Crête, Mélanie ^d   Perron, Marc ^b,e  

^a National Defense of Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^d Quebec Rehabilitation Institute   (Canada)

^e Valcartier Garrison   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; child; muscle strength; muscle strength dynamometer; reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYNAMOMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TORQUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TORQUE;

EID: 80051769866     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e318227ccff     Document Type: Article

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