Muscle force and power in obese and overweight children

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-83

  Rauch, R ^a   Veilleux, L N ^b   Rauch, F ^b   Bock, D ^a   Welisch, E ^a   Filler, G ^a   Robinson, T ^a   Burrill, E ^a   Norozi, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Mechanography; Obesity; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862728296     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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