Comparison of maximal voluntary isometric contraction and hand-held dynamometry in measuring muscle strength of patients with progressive lower motor neuron syndrome

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 744-750

  Visser, J ^a   Mans, E ^a   De Visser, M ^a   Van Den Berg Vos, R M ^b   Franssen, H ^b   De Jong, J M B V ^a   Van Den Berg, L H ^b   Wokke, J H J ^b   De Haan, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamometry; Maximal voluntary isometric contraction; Muscle strength; Progressive lower motor neuron syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE LOWER MOTOR NEURON SYNDROME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0141921947     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(03)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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