Considerations and Practical Options for Measuring Muscle Strength: A Narrative Review

Muscle strength impairments are related to mobility limitations and other untoward outcomes. This narrative review, therefore, describes considerations relative to the definition and measurement of muscle strength. Thereafter, practical options for measuring muscle strength are described and their c...

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Autor principal: Bohannon, Richard W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30792998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8194537
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description Muscle strength impairments are related to mobility limitations and other untoward outcomes. This narrative review, therefore, describes considerations relative to the definition and measurement of muscle strength. Thereafter, practical options for measuring muscle strength are described and their clinimetric properties are delineated. Information provided herein may help students, clinicians, and researchers select the strength tests best suited to their research needs and limitations.
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spelling pubmed-63542072019-02-21 Considerations and Practical Options for Measuring Muscle Strength: A Narrative Review Bohannon, Richard W. Biomed Res Int Review Article Muscle strength impairments are related to mobility limitations and other untoward outcomes. This narrative review, therefore, describes considerations relative to the definition and measurement of muscle strength. Thereafter, practical options for measuring muscle strength are described and their clinimetric properties are delineated. Information provided herein may help students, clinicians, and researchers select the strength tests best suited to their research needs and limitations. Hindawi 2019-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6354207/ /pubmed/30792998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8194537 Text en Copyright © 2019 Richard W. Bohannon. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354207/
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