Assessment of muscle strength and motor fatigue with a knee dynamometer in subjects with multiple sclerosis: A new fatigue index

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 652-659

  Surakka, Jukka ^a   Romberg, Anders ^b   Ruutiainen, Juhani ^b   Virtanen, Arja ^c   Aunola, Sirkka ^a   Mäentaka, Kari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4544330859     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr781oa     Document Type: Article

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