Muscle strength grading, scored on a scale of 0-5, is used in people with neuromuscular disorders or those recovering from sports injuries or joint replacement.

They concluded that dynamometry “holds significant potential” to improve testing and treatment in patients with CIDP, thereby having a positive impact on patients’ quality of life.

Secondary outcomes: muscle strength (hand dynamometry), neuropsychiatric symptoms (Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire), fear of falling (Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale) and ability ...

About this study The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity of handheld dynamometry (HHD) for testing cervical muscle strength using a custom neck testing device as a comparison.

Background Recovery of knee extension strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is a key factor in clinical decisions, such as determining readiness to running and ultimately ...

Just four months after Sanofi bet $80 million upfront on Fulcrum Therapeutics’ losmapimod, the program has ended in a phase 3 failure.

ABSTRACT: Hip adduction strength tests are commonly used in clinical practice to provide an accurate diagnosis of groin injuries. Athletes with reduced adductor muscle strength are at risk of ...

Fulcher, M.L., Hanna, C.M. and Raina Elley, C. (2010) Reliability of Handheld Dynamometry in Assessment of Hip Strength in Adult Male Football Players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13, 80 ...

Therefore, the assessment of strength of these muscles is necessary, which is commonly assessed with portable dynamometry. Aims: To perform a literature review regarding the methods used to assess ...

This paper proposes an approach to diagnostics of the state of submersible pumping equipment. The use of a two-dimensional wavelet transform of a dynamogram based on the Morlet wavelet for generating ...