Childhood muscle morphology and strength: Alterations over six months of growth

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Pitcher, Christian A ^a   Elliott, Catherine M ^a   Williams, Sîan A ^a   Licari, Melissa K ^a   Kuenzel, Alex ^b   Shipman, Peter J ^b   Valentine, Jane P ^a   Reid, Siobhán L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomical cross sectional area; Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle volume; Strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84865341219     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23326     Document Type: Article

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