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A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19

The negative effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the musculoskeletal system include symptoms of fatigue and sarcopenia. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on foot muscle strength and evaluate the reproducibility of peak ankle torque measurements in time by using a custom-made e...

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Autores principales: Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca, Popescu, Florina Georgeta, Petrita, Teodor, Alexa, Florin, Tatu, Romulus Fabian, Bondor, Cosmina Ioana, Tatu, Carmen, Bowling, Frank L., Reeves, Neil D., Ionac, Mihai
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8914901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35271220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22052073
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author Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca
Popescu, Florina Georgeta
Petrita, Teodor
Alexa, Florin
Tatu, Romulus Fabian
Bondor, Cosmina Ioana
Tatu, Carmen
Bowling, Frank L.
Reeves, Neil D.
Ionac, Mihai
author_facet Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca
Popescu, Florina Georgeta
Petrita, Teodor
Alexa, Florin
Tatu, Romulus Fabian
Bondor, Cosmina Ioana
Tatu, Carmen
Bowling, Frank L.
Reeves, Neil D.
Ionac, Mihai
author_sort Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca
collection PubMed
description The negative effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the musculoskeletal system include symptoms of fatigue and sarcopenia. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on foot muscle strength and evaluate the reproducibility of peak ankle torque measurements in time by using a custom-made electronic dynamometer. In this observational cohort study, we compare two groups of four participants, one exposed to COVID-19 throughout measurements and one unexposed. Peak ankle torque was measured using a portable custom-made electronic dynamometer. Ankle plantar flexor and dorsiflexor muscle strength was captured for both feet at different ankle angles prior and post COVID-19. Average peak torque demonstrated no significant statistical differences between initial and final moment for both groups (p = 0.945). An increase of 4.8%, p = 0.746 was obtained in the group with COVID-19 and a decrease of 1.3%, p = 0.953 was obtained in the group without COVID-19. Multivariate analysis demonstrated no significant differences between the two groups (p = 0.797). There was a very good test–retest reproducibility between the measurements in initial and final moments (ICC = 0.78, p < 0.001). In conclusion, peak torque variability is similar in both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 groups and the custom-made electronic dynamometer is a reproducible method for repetitive ankle peak torque measurements.
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spelling pubmed-89149012022-03-12 A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19 Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca Popescu, Florina Georgeta Petrita, Teodor Alexa, Florin Tatu, Romulus Fabian Bondor, Cosmina Ioana Tatu, Carmen Bowling, Frank L. Reeves, Neil D. Ionac, Mihai Sensors (Basel) Article The negative effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the musculoskeletal system include symptoms of fatigue and sarcopenia. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on foot muscle strength and evaluate the reproducibility of peak ankle torque measurements in time by using a custom-made electronic dynamometer. In this observational cohort study, we compare two groups of four participants, one exposed to COVID-19 throughout measurements and one unexposed. Peak ankle torque was measured using a portable custom-made electronic dynamometer. Ankle plantar flexor and dorsiflexor muscle strength was captured for both feet at different ankle angles prior and post COVID-19. Average peak torque demonstrated no significant statistical differences between initial and final moment for both groups (p = 0.945). An increase of 4.8%, p = 0.746 was obtained in the group with COVID-19 and a decrease of 1.3%, p = 0.953 was obtained in the group without COVID-19. Multivariate analysis demonstrated no significant differences between the two groups (p = 0.797). There was a very good test–retest reproducibility between the measurements in initial and final moments (ICC = 0.78, p < 0.001). In conclusion, peak torque variability is similar in both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 groups and the custom-made electronic dynamometer is a reproducible method for repetitive ankle peak torque measurements. MDPI 2022-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8914901/ /pubmed/35271220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22052073 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dragoi, Iulia Iovanca
Popescu, Florina Georgeta
Petrita, Teodor
Alexa, Florin
Tatu, Romulus Fabian
Bondor, Cosmina Ioana
Tatu, Carmen
Bowling, Frank L.
Reeves, Neil D.
Ionac, Mihai
A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19
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title_full A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19
title_fullStr A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19
title_short A Custom-Made Electronic Dynamometer for Evaluation of Peak Ankle Torque after COVID-19
title_sort custom-made electronic dynamometer for evaluation of peak ankle torque after covid-19
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8914901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35271220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22052073
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