| Title | Isometric back strength in different age groups. | | Author(s) | Balogun JA, Olawoye AG, Oladipo VA | | Institution | Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. | | Source | Int Disabil Stud 1991 Jul-Sep; 13(3):87-90. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Back
Body Mass Index
Child
Female
Humans
Isometric Contraction
Male
Middle Aged
Nigeria
Reference Values
Sex Factors
| | Abstract | Normative data on isometric back strength (IBS) are presented. The IBS of both sexes increased with chronological age, peaked at the third decade of life, and gradually declined thereafter. Males were significantly (p less than 0.001) stronger than females in all age groups, the difference ranging between 16 and 56%. A multiple regression equation was derived to predict IBS, as follows: Male IBS (kgf) = -77.71 - 0.91 age (yrs) + 0.67 height (cm) + 1.50 weight (kg) + 0.24 Quetelet index (R2 = 0.78; SE +/- 16.67 kgf) Female IBS (kgf) = -72.42 - 0.39 age (yrs) + 10.65 height (cm) + 0.08 weight (kg) + 1.04 Quetelet index (R2 = 0.62; SE +/- 10.75 kgf). | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 1774220 |
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