Lower extremity strength and hopping and jumping ground reaction forces in children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-254

  Johnson, Barbara A ^a   MacWilliams, Bruce ^a,b   Carey, John C ^a,b   Viskochil, David H ^a,b   D'Astous, Jacques L ^a,b   Stevenson, David A ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hand held dynamometry; Jumping hopping peak ground reaction forces; Muscle force; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HIP; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84856611050     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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