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Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of a New Vaginal Dynamometer to Measure Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength [PDF]

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2020
Aims Assess the intrarater and interrater reliabilities and diagnostic accuracy of a new vaginal dynamometer to measure pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength in incontinent and continent women. Methods A test-retest reliability study ...
Romero Cullerés, Georgia, Peña Pitarch, Esteve, Jané Feixas, Cecília, Vilaseca Grané, Ana, Montesinos Muñoz, Jesús, Arnau, Anna   +5 more
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NORMATIVE ISOMETRIC HIP MUSCLE FORCE VALUES ASSESSED BY A MANUAL DYNAMOMETER [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
Objective: Hand-held dynamometry is a quantitative and accessible means of determining the isometric force of muscle groups. Methods: A total of 52 women aged 20–29 years with no complaints of hip pain who were sedentary or sporadically active and had a
Glauber Alvarenga, Henry Dan Kiyomoto, Emília Cardoso Martinez, Giancarlo Polesello, Vera Lúcia dos Santos Alves   +4 more
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Validity of Isometric Muscle Strength Measurements of the Shoulder Joint Using a Hand-held Dynamometer and Belt: A Comparison with an Isokinetic Dynamometer

Rigakuryoho Kagaku, 2015
Munenori Kato
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Testing the Hip Abductor Muscle Strength of Older Persons Using a Handheld Dynamometer [PDF]

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2017
Objective: To investigate the reliability of a clinically applicable method of dynamometry to assess and monitor hip abductor muscle strength in older persons. Design: Bilateral isometric hip abductor muscle strength measured with a ...
Daniel H. Awwad MBBS, Jonathan D. Buckley PhD, Rebecca L. Thomson PhD, Matthew O’Connor MBBS, Tania A. Carbone BSc, Mellick J. Chehade MBBS, PhD   +5 more
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THE EFFECT OF PLYOMETRICS TRAINING ON LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY

Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2019
Introduction : Strength is the ability to excert force, which can resist external resistance and its purpose as a basis for human movements. Strength also can be a standard for measuring someone’s performance.
Nur Azzahra Permata Putri Ismail, Edwin Basyar, Darmawati Ayu Indraswari, Marijo Marijo   +3 more
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Long-term outcome of muscle strength in ulnar and median nerve injury: comparing manual muscle strength testing, grip and pinch strength dynamometers and a new intrinsic muscle strength dynamometer

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2004
To compare the outcome of muscle strength with manual muscle strength testing grip and pinch strength measurements and a dynamometer which allows for measurements of the intrinsic muscles of the hand in isolation (the Rotterdam Intrinsic Hand Myometer, RIHM).Thirty-four patients more than 2 years after ulnar and/or median nerve injury.
Schreuders, Ton, Roebroeck, Marij, Jaquet, JB (Jean), Hovius, Steven, Stam, Henk   +4 more
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A Comparison of Various Cervical Muscle Strength Testing Methods Using a Handheld Dynamometer [PDF]

Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2018
Background: Cervical muscle strength, proposed as a modifiable risk factor in concussions, can be assessed using various methods. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability and force outputs of 3 methods that use handheld dynamometry (HHD) for assessing cervical muscle strength.
Krause, David A., Hansen, Kelsey A., Hastreiter, Matthew J., Kuhn, Taylor N., Peichel, Molly L., Hollman, John H.   +5 more
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Measurement of muscle strength with handheld dynamometer in Intensive Care Unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) acquired weakness is a common complication in critically ill patients affecting their prognosis. The handheld dynamometry is an objective method in detecting minimum muscle strength change, which has an impact on the physical function of ICU survivors.
Samosawala, Nidhi R., Vaishali, K., Kalyana, B. Chakravarthy   +2 more
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Reliability and Validity of EN-TreeM Dynamometer for Measurement of Shoulder Rotator Strength in Volleyball Players [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Volleyball involves repeated forceful arm actions that produce a high incidence of shoulder injury. Shoulder rotator strength ratio is an important predictor of the likelihood of shoulder injury, especially, secondary shoulder ...
Kaleem, Shahid Raza, Jamal Ali Moiz, Mohd Iqbal, Shalini Verma   +4 more
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Muscle strength measurement of pelvic floor in women by vaginal dynamometer

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2009
Introduction The pelvic floor is made of a mutually connected system that consists of muscles, connecting tissue and nerve components. Damage to any of these elements creates dysfunction which is exerted through stress, urinary incontinence, prolapse of genital organs and faecal incontinence.
Katarina Parezanovic-Ilic, Milorad Jevtic, Branislav Jeremic, Slobodan Arsenijevic   +3 more
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