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Comparison Of Older Mexican American Upper Extremity Reach Capabilities To Older Anglo Americans, Odi Mike Ikpe
Comparison Of Older Mexican American Upper Extremity Reach Capabilities To Older Anglo Americans, Odi Mike Ikpe
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The study aimed to investigate if there are upper extremity reach capability differences in older Mexican Americans and older Anglo Americans. The subjects were recruited and corresponded to the 2000 census track. Upper extremity reach capability was determined by analysis of 20 range of motion variables. A MANOVA analysis utilizing SPSS software was performed with age, gender and ethnicity as independent variables while height and 20 range of motion anthropometric measurements servings as dependent variables (responses). Ethnicity as a function of age was found to be significant in height, horizontal distance from buttock to hand, rotation of head to the …