ArticleBrazilian journal of physical therapy
Isometric muscle strength in children and adolescents using Handheld dynamometry: reliability and normative data for the Brazilian population.
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- Reliability, minimal detectable change and measurement errors in knee extension muscle strength measurement using a hand-held dynamometer in young children.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
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- Letter to the editor: Change in shoulder external rotation strength and motion after lower trapezius transfer to the infraspinatus in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
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- Handheld dynamometers for muscle strength assessment: pitfalls, misconceptions, and facts.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
- Response to the letter to the Editor entitled, "The (un)standardized use of handheld dynamometers on the evaluation of muscle force output."Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
- The (un)standardized use of handheld dynamometers on the evaluation of muscle force output.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIsometric muscle strength measured by Handheld dynamometer indicates physical ability. There is no normative data for the Brazilian population. This study aims (a) to describe the development of isometric muscle strength in healthy children and adolescents 5-15 years of age; (b) to evaluate Handheld dynamometer inter and intra-rater reliability.
methodsIsometric muscle strength was obtained for shoulder abduction, elbow and knee flexion and extension, dorsiflexion and plantar flexion in 55 boys and 55 girls, aged between 5 and 15 years. Inter-rater reliability was determined based on the evaluation of 2 raters, with a 20-min interval between them. Intra-rater reliability was based on 2 evaluations from the same rater, one week apart. Interclass correlation coefficient (ICC
resultsA linear development of isometric muscular strength was observed for ages between 5 and 10. After age 10, boys showed a larger isometric muscular strength, when compared to girls. Both inter and intra-rater measurements of the Handheld dynamometer are reliable (ICC>0.63).
conclusionsThis study shows increase in isometric muscle strength starting at 10 years of age for boys, when compared to girls and inter and intra-rater reliability for the assessment of isometric strength, using the Handheld dynamometer for the muscle groups tested on the dominant and non-dominant side, for children between 5 and 15 years of age.
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