Normative reference values for strength and flexibility of 1,000 children and adults

Neurology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 36-43

  McKay, Marnee J ^a   Baldwin, Jennifer N ^a   Ferreira, Paulo ^a   Simic, Milena ^a   Vanicek, Natalie ^b   Burns, Joshua ^a,c   Nightingale, E ^d   Pourkazemi, F ^d   Sman, A ^d   Hiller, C ^d   Mousavi, S ^d   Nicholson, L ^d   Rose, K ^d   Chard, A ^d   Mackey, M ^d   Moloney, N ^d   Raymond, J ^d   Yan, A F ^d   Hubscher M ^d   Refshauge, K ^d   Wegener, C ^d   Lee, F ^d   North, K ^d   Quinlan, K ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; DYNAMOMETER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007124104     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003466     Document Type: Article

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