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Reliability of maximal isometric knee strength testing with modified hand-held dynamometry in patients awaiting total knee arthroplasty: useful in research and individual patient settings? A reliability study

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) often experience strength deficits both pre- and post-operatively. As these deficits may have a direct impact on functional recovery, strength assessment should be performed in this patient population. For these assessments, reliable meas...

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Autores principales: Koblbauer, Ian FH, Lambrecht, Yannick, van der Hulst, Micheline LM, Neeter, Camille, Engelbert, Raoul HH, Poolman, Rudolf W, Scholtes, Vanessa A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-249