Muscle strength measurement in the intensive care unit: Not everything that can be counted counts

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-98

  Waak, Karen ^a   Zaremba, Sebastian ^a,b   Eikermann, Matthias ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AROUSAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYNAMOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS;

EID: 84870834064     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.08.014     Document Type: Editorial

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