Development of a Position-Specific Index of Muscle Strength to be Used in Stroke Evaluation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1490-1495

  Moriello, Carolina ^a   Mayo, Nancy E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lower extremity; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751044180     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.261     Document Type: Article

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