Reference values for the muscle power sprint test in 6- to 12-year-old children

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-332

  Douma Van Riet, Danielle ^a   Verschuren, Olaf ^b   Jelsma, Dorothee ^e,f   Kruitwagen, Cas ^c   Smits Engelsman, Bouwien ^f,g   Takken, Tim ^d  

^a Practice for Pediatric Physical Therapy Zuidwest   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Practice for Pediatric Physical Therapy   (Netherlands)

^f AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

child; exercise test methods; exercise test standards; female; male; reference standards

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866324037     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3182694a4c     Document Type: Article

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