A simple protocol for assessing inter-trial and inter-examiner reliability for two noninvasive measures of limb muscle strength

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-230

  Carlson, C George ^a   Rutter, John ^a   Bledsoe, Cathy ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a   Hoff, Helena ^a   Bruemmer, Kay ^a   Sesti, Jenna ^a   Gatti, Francesca ^a   Berge, Jonas ^a   McCarthy, Laura ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Escape test; mdx mouse; Muscle function; Muscular dystrophy; Noninvasive measures; Translational studies; Whole body tension; Wire holding test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74149092692     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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