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Strength characterization of knee flexor and extensor muscles in Prader-Willi and obese patients

BACKGROUND: despite evidence of an obesity-related disability, there is a lack of objective muscle functional data in overweight subjects. Only few studies provide instrumental strength measurements in non-syndromal obesity, whereas no data about Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are reported. The aim of...

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Autores principales: Capodaglio, Paolo, Vismara, Luca, Menegoni, Francesco, Baccalaro, Gabriele, Galli, Manuela, Grugni, Graziano
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19419559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-47