Test-Retest repeatability of gluteus maximus strength testing using a fixed digital dynamometer in children with cerebral palsy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2058-2063

  Van Der Linden, Mariëtta L ^a,c   Aitchison, Alison M ^a   Hazlewood, M Elizabeth ^a   Hillman, Susan J ^a   Robb, James E ^b  

^a Eastern General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Rehabilitation Engineering Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Hip; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYNAMOMETRY; GAIT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; BUTTOCKS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRONE POSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 9944240254     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.12.037     Document Type: Article

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