Open AccessLower Extremity Muscle Strength in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children Using Hand-Held Dynamometry
Author(s) -
Tammy S. Macfarlane,
Cathy A. Larson,
Christine Stiller
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/pep.0b013e318172432d
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , dynamometer , muscle strength , physical therapy , weakness , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , hand held , torque , cutoff , muscle weakness , psychology , anatomy , physics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
The purposes of the study were to establish isometric torque reference values for healthy 6- to 8-year-old children for 6 lower extremity muscles and determine the effects of gender, age, height, weight, and physical activity upon strength.