11 Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shangai, People's Republic of China Introduction Children’s early development is affected by ...

The Sarcopenia Optoelectronic Chair-Rise Velocity Test (SARC-T) has been proposed as an instrumented chair-rise measure related to physical function in sarcopenia ...

Objectives Lower limb isometric tests are used to assess strength and strength asymmetries and monitor reductions in muscle force that may contribute to loss of performance and increase injury risk.

Main Results Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability for all outcomes was good to strong (inter-rater ICC 2,k range:0.83–0.99; intra-rater ICC 3,k range:0.91–0.99). Test-retest reliability ranged from ...

Assessing the presence and degree of synovitis is the cornerstone of managing patients with arthritis. Ultrasound has been shown to be a valuable tool for this in routine care, and several scoring ...

OBJECTIVE: To validate a Portuguese-language version of the COPD assessment test (CAT) for use in Brazil and to assess the reproducibility of this version. METHODS: This was multicenter study ...

Background The Nine Plus screening battery test (9+) is a functional movement test intended to identify limitations in fundamental movement patterns predisposing athletes to injury. However, the ...

BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) was developed from a modified version of the Berg Balance Scale aiming to obtain a balance scale more appropriate for the child population. OBJECTIVES: To ...

Objective Gross motor assessment tools have a critical role in identifying, diagnosing and evaluating motor difficulties in childhood. The objective of this review was to systematically evaluate the ...

Motor coordination can be defined as the ability to perform motor tasks efficiently and in the shortest possible time. This skill is essential in daily life, as many tasks require a certain level of ...