Reliability of maximal voluntary isometric contraction testing in a multicenter study of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-695

  Hoagland, Rebecca J ^a   Mendoza, Michelle ^b   Armon, Carmel ^c   Barohn, Richard J ^d   Bryan, Wilson W ^d   Goodpasture, Jessie C ^e   Miller, Robert G ^b   Parry, Gareth J ^f   Petajan, Jack H ^g   Ross, Mark A ^h  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; clinical trials; maximum voluntary isometric contraction; reliability; variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031005199     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199706)20:6<691::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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