Reliability of Isometric Lower-Extremity Muscle Strength Measurements in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Implications for Measurement Design | Zendy

Lydia Willemse | Zendy; MerelAnne Brehm | Zendy; Vanessa A. Scholtes | Zendy; Laura Jansen | Zendy; Hester Woudenberg-Vos | Zendy; Annet J. Dallmeijer | Zendy

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Reliability of Isometric Lower-Extremity Muscle Strength Measurements in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Implications for Measurement Design

Author(s) -

Lydia Willemse,

MerelAnne Brehm,

Vanessa A. Scholtes,

Laura Jansen,

Hester Woudenberg-Vos,

Annet J. Dallmeijer

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20120079

Subject(s) - isometric exercise , intraclass correlation , cerebral palsy , reliability (semiconductor) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , standard error , medicine , muscle strength , muscle weakness , gross motor function classification system , mathematics , statistics , psychometrics , physics , quantum mechanics , clinical psychology , power (physics)

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) typically show muscle weakness of the lower extremities, which can be measured with the use of handheld dynamometry (HHD).

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