Should we abandon manual muscle strength testing in the ICU?

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hermans, Greet ^a   Gosselink, Rik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MUSCLE; COGNITION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ACQUIRED WEAKNESS; MANUAL MUSCLE STRENGTH TEST; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURES; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WEAKNESS; WEANING; FEMALE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84555204475     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10038     Document Type: Note

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