Lower limb manual muscle testing in the early stages of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disese type 1A

Functional Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Vinci, Paolo ^a,b   Serrao, Mariano ^c,d,f   Pierelli, Francesco ^c   Sandrini, Giorgio ^e   Santilli, Valter ^c  

^a Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital L Spolverini   (Italy)

^b Italian Charcot Marie Tooth Association (AICMT) Clinic   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; CMT1A; Disease stage; HMSN; Manual muscle testing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547948233     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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