Journal article
Physical diagnostics - Measuring muscle strength
- Abstract:
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Measuring muscle strength and establishing paretic symptoms are done first of all by having the patient perform actions or movements that require normal muscle strength. Measuring or grading the strength of separate muscle groups is usually done by means of the socalled Medical Research Council (MRC) scale that runs from 0 to 5, with the movement against gravity as an important criterion. This scale is not very valid in tract 4 (more strength than needed to overcome gravity, but still subnorm...
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- Journal:
- Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
- Volume:
- 145
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 19-23
- Publication date:
- 2001-01-06
- ISSN:
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0028-2162
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- Language:
- Dutch; Flemish
- Pubs id:
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pubs:191052
- UUID:
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uuid:7f7debb8-b639-4168-a8f9-2286446fd5cd
- Local pid:
- pubs:191052
- Source identifiers:
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191052
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2001
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