Isokinetic muscle testing for weak patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders: A reliability study

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 524-531

  Tiffreau, Vincent ^a,b   Ledoux, Isabelle ^a   Eymard, Bruno ^a   Thévenon, André ^b   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Isokinetic; Neuromuscular; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTAL MYOPATHY; DYNAMOMETRY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 34250684217     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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