Voluntary muscle testing and dynamometry in diagnosis of motor impairment in leprosy: A comparative study within the INFIR Cohort Study

Leprosy Review

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-294

  Suresh, M ^a   Nicholls, Peter G ^b   Das, Loretta ^c   Van Brakel, Wim H ^d  

^a Leprosy Mission Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Leprosy Mission Hospital   (India)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FUNCTION; PINCH STRENGTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PINCH STRENGTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449086972     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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