Hand-Held Dynamometry Isometric Torque Reference Values for Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 414-423

  Hébert, Luc J ^a,b   Maltais, Désireé B ^a   Lepage, Céline ^c   Saulnier, Joanne ^c   Crête, Mélanie ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Quebec Rehabilitation Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; age factors; child; lower limbs; muscle strength dynamometer; reference values; sex factors; upper limbs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDS; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 84942410934     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: 1538005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000179     Document Type: Article

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