Quantitative muscle ultrasound and muscle force in healthy children: A 4-year follow-up study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 856-863

  Jacobs, Joost ^a   Jansen, Merel ^b   Janssen, Henny ^a   Raijmann, Wilma ^a   Van Alfen, Nens ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Longitudinal; Muscle ultrasound; Neuromuscular disorder; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84878376143     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23690     Document Type: Article

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