Can Thigh Girth Be measured Accurately? A Preliminary Investigation
| Autor: | Michael David Jones, John A. Fairclough, Eric Maylia, Leonard Derek Martin Nokes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
business.industry Rehabilitation Biophysics Thigh muscle Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Anatomy Thigh musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Girth (geometry) Muscle hypertrophy body regions Atrophy medicine.anatomical_structure Sample size determination Knee surgery Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business Tape measure |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. 8:43-49 |
| ISSN: | 1543-3072 1056-6716 |
| DOI: | 10.1123/jsr.8.1.43 |
| Popis: | Thigh girth is often used as an indicator of muscle hypertrophy or atrophy during the rehabilitation process following knee surgery. The measurement of thigh girth, using a conventional plastic tape measure, in an attempt to detect muscle hypertrophy or atrophy may be misleading. It is an inaccurate measure of thigh muscle bulk. Although the sample size is small, the results show that measurements are heavily biased by the expectations of observers, with the result that a considerable change in thigh girth is likely to be ignored. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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