• Muscle strength was assessed using a hand held dynamometer to measure grip strength, and a Five Times Sit To Stand (5TSTS) test. (massey.ac.nz)
  • Grip strength can be measured using a device called a dynamometer, which a patient squeezes to measure their strength in kilograms. (umich.edu)
  • A device called a dynamometer was used to assess grip strength. (harvard.edu)
  • We recruited 52 subjects with NSLBP and assessed maximal isometric strength of GMax and GMed using a universal digital push-pull dynamometer and the Modified Oswestry LBP Disability Questionnaire (MODQ). (manipal.edu)
  • Strength was measured by 3 repetition maximum (3RM), isometric hand dynamometer, and isokinetic dynamometer. (boisestate.edu)
  • Reliability of the concentric, eccentric and isometric knee extension and flexion when using the REV9000 isokinetic dynamometer. (europeanmasterhpa.eu)
  • The characteristics of the decrease in muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle efficiency with aging are often referred to as "sarcopenia" [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder associated with an increased likelihood of adverse outcomes, including falls, fractures, physical disability, and mortality. (healthvoice360.com)
  • Grip strength is a key component of the sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes and yet it is unclear how individual measurements should be interpreted. (ox.ac.uk)
  • These centile values have the potential to inform the clinical assessment of grip strength which is recognised as an important part of the identification of people with sarcopenia and frailty. (ox.ac.uk)
  • According to the most recent EWGSOP2 consensus definition, subjects were defined to be affected by probable sarcopenia when handgrip strength was less than 27 kg in male and less than 16 kg in female, respectively. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The recognition of sarcopenia as a real geriatric syndrome, the implications in terms of public health and the disabilities resulting from this pathology, implies a further challenge in the early identification in terms of screening in the general population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Purpose: This study compares lower limb muscle strength and endurance in adults with hip osteoarthritis, to an age-matched control group. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Conclusions: Moderate-to-severe hip osteoarthritis may be characterised by bilateral deficits in lower-limb maximal strength, markedly lower knee extensor endurance and impaired functional performance. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Before and after the period of training, physical fitness variables including muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and thigh and arm circumferences were measured. (researchgate.net)
  • Results: The results showed that both of training had a significant effect on muscular strength and endurance, and there was no significant difference in flexibility and thigh and arm circumferences. (researchgate.net)
  • It is noteworthy that when training goal is enhancing muscular strength and endurance especially in upper-body, TRX training appears to be accompanied by greater gains compared to traditional resistance training. (researchgate.net)
  • The loss of muscle mass, muscular strength, and power with age has important health and functional consequences. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants were eight boccia athletes (cerebral palsy, cervical spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscle atrophy) in whom throwing distance, ranges of motion at the shoulder joint, elbow joint and wrist joint and upper limb muscle strength were measured. (aearedo.es)
  • Rosemffet, M.G. Effects of functional electrostimulation on pain, muscular strength, and functional capacity in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. (uba.ar)
  • Maldonado Cocco, J.A. 'Effects of functional electrostimulation on pain, muscular strength, and functional capacity in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee' (2004) Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. (uba.ar)
  • Implications for rehabilitation: In addition to bilateral deficits in maximal strength of the hip and knee muscles, moderate-to-severe hip osteoarthritis may be characterised by markedly lower muscular endurance of the knee extensors and impaired functional performance. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Grip strength is a general term also used to refer to the physical strength of an animal and, for athletes, to the muscular power and force that can be generated with the hands. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an experimental protocol of exercise therapy on joint mobility, muscular strength and gait speed in a group of long-term diabetic subjects. (fupress.net)
  • both joint mobility and muscular strength at the ankle were measured before and after exercise therapy respectively by an inclinometer and isometric dynamometers in 26 diabetic subjects and compared to 17 healthy controls. (fupress.net)
  • A 12-week supervised program of exercise therapy significantly improves joint mobility, muscular performance and walking speed in diabetic patients--thus limiting one of the pathogenic factors of diabetic foot and potentially preventing disability. (fupress.net)
  • The lab allows students to practise orthopaedic and fundamental physical therapy assessment skills such as palpation, goniometry, muscular strength, gait, and vital signs evaluation. (bcip.ac.in)
  • However, despite being a relatively simple and cost-effective test, grip strength measurement is not currently part of most routine physicals, Duchowny said. (umich.edu)
  • Nevertheless, body mass index (BMI), the most common measurement related to health status, cannot determine muscle mass or adipose tissue quantity. (healthvoice360.com)
  • Introduces the basic procedures for objective assessment of the musculo-skeletal system through measurement of joint range of motion (ROM) and muscle strength. (evansville.edu)
  • We carried out a series of sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of dynamometer type and measurement position (seated or standing). (ox.ac.uk)
  • Sensitivity analyses suggested our findings were robust to differences in dynamometer type and measurement position. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Measuring the isokinetic strength of the knee extensors (quadriceps) will assess muscle strength. (cdc.gov)
  • Muscle strength will be determined with dynamometer measurements of isometric hand grip strength and quadriceps femoris muscle contraction strength. (researchprotocols.org)
  • Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common cause of chronic disability in patients with quadriceps muscle weakness. (uba.ar)
  • Objectives: The objective of the study was to begin to compare the effects of both therapeutic modalities on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, and functional capacity in patients with OA of the knee and to prove whether the combination of these modalities provides greater benefits than the use of each therapeutic modality alone. (uba.ar)
  • Methods: This pilot study included 37 patients with OA of the knee who were assessed at baseline and at 8 weeks, accounting for the following variables: body mass index, knee pain (measured using a VAS), WOMAC, quadriceps strength (measured using a dynamometer) and 6-minute walk test. (uba.ar)
  • Additionally, recent assessment demonstrated that they were weaker, had a reduced work capacity, and recovered strength less readily after activity in the quadriceps muscles as compared to asymptomatic subjects. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic polio survivors by history of acute poliomyelitis illness, electromyographic evidence of terminal motor unit reorganization, and neuromuscular function of the quadriceps femoris muscle. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a 12-week home quadriceps muscle strengthening exercise program would increase muscle strength, isometric endurance, and tension time index (TTI) in postpolio syndrome subjects without adversely affecting the surviving motor units or the muscle. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • Lower extremity function and grip strengths especially impair their quality of life. (researchprotocols.org)
  • Other grip strengths that have been studied are the hammer and other hand tools. (wikipedia.org)
  • A person's grip strength usually results in having the strongest grip strength when their arm is extended at 90° before their body, as opposed to the other extreme arm positions, rested at one's side or held straight up above one's head. (wikipedia.org)
  • A muscle dynamometer such as the AxIT Push-IT and Pull-IT are a device that is used to measure the strength of a person's muscles. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • Aging is characterized by skeletal muscle mass decline by 1-2% annually after the age of 50, in concert with a decline in strength of 1.5% per year that accelerates to 3% annually after the age of 60 [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Functional performance was derived from a timed 50-foot walk and the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index. (boisestate.edu)
  • There was a clinically important difference (predefined as mean change +/-0.25) in the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in the ST group (-0.4 +/- 0.4) but not in the C group (-0.1 +/- 0.4). (boisestate.edu)
  • Given prevalence of functional disability and chronic disease increases with age, and older adults account for one third of health loss in New Zealand, supporting older adults to maintain independence is paramount to reducing future health care costs. (massey.ac.nz)
  • We produced centile curves for ages 4 to 90 and investigated the prevalence of weak grip, defined as strength at least 2.5 SDs below the gender-specific peak mean. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Weak grip strength, defined as strength at least 2.5 SDs below the gender-specific peak mean, increased sharply with age, reaching a prevalence of 23% in males and 27% in females by age 80. (ox.ac.uk)
  • the secondary objective is to evaluate the association of muscle strength, functional ability, and frailty with work ability. (researchprotocols.org)
  • Loss of muscle mass and frailty are prevalent in many chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiac insufficiency, cancer, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) [ 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • In this review, we will specifically address the effect of vitamin D on skeletal muscles and its clinical implications, especially frailty and the risk of fall. (hindawi.com)
  • relationship between vitamin D status, muscle and falls," and "link between vitamin D and frailty. (hindawi.com)
  • The hyper-catabolism of muscle and fat interacts with the decreased nutritional intake, loss of nutrients (via hemodialysis), loss of physical activity leading to frailty and inflammation are all contributing factors of PEW. (healthvoice360.com)
  • Secondary outcomes will include frailty status, muscle mass, nutritional intake, physical activity levels, cognitive performance and quality of life. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Frailty is defined as a "clinically recognisable state of increased vulnerability resulting from age-associated decline in reserve and function" [ 2 ] and results in increased morbidity, including disability, loss of independence, increased hospitalizations and reduced quality of life [ 5 , 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This construct of a physical phenotype is regarded as being distinct from disability or co-morbidity, and hence, the Frailty Index is considered to be highly predictive of future decline in physical health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Following the MRI session, we collected several objective and subjective clinical measures to quantify NA-related symptoms: the serratus anterior muscle strength on both the right (affected), and left (unaffected) side, the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire, 126 and pain. (ipskampprinting.nl)
  • We estimated the maximal force exerted with the serratus anterior muscle, which is often affected in NA patients, 7 with a manual digital dynamometer (MicroFET2®).75 The DASH is a validated questionnaire that measures the functional capability of the upper extremity. (ipskampprinting.nl)
  • The 4 thenar muscles are the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and adductor pollicis. (medscape.com)
  • The extrinsic muscles originate in the forearm, and the intrinsic muscles originate distal to the wrist. (medscape.com)
  • A high median nerve division paralyzes the extrinsic muscles: pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS), flexor pollicis longus, radial half of the FDP, and pronator quadratus. (medscape.com)
  • Maximal voluntary isometric contraction of the knee extensors, knee flexors and hip abductors and isotonic endurance of the knee extensors were measured using a dynamometer. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Body weight, BMI, body fat percentage (bioimpedance), waist circumference, blood pressure, musculoskeletal pain, maximal oxygen uptake (maximal bicycle test), and isometric maximal muscle strength of 3 body regions were measured before and after the intervention period. (biomedcentral.com)
  • No effect of intervention was found in musculoskeletal pain, maximal oxygen uptake and muscle strength, but on aerobic fitness. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to power analysis conducted with α = 0.05 and power = 0.80 using G*POWER3, 34, and 17 samples were needed to obtain a statistically significant difference in muscle strength (MS) and MV, respectively, between the operated and contralateral sides. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Rehabilitation practitioners involved in managing individuals with NSLBP must screen for GMed strength and address results using appropriate interventions should weakness be found. (manipal.edu)
  • For example, muscle weakness was identified as having a hand grip strength less than 39 kg for men and 22 kg for women. (umich.edu)
  • We believe our cut-points more accurately reflect the changing population trends of older Americans and that muscle weakness is a serious public health concern," Duchowny said. (umich.edu)
  • Muscle weakness is associated with osteoarthritis pathology. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The 12-week RA and RI groups were effective in changing the thigh skeletal muscle area, IGF-1, knee joint extension and flexion, ankle range of motion, functional fitness, and quality of sleep. (e-jer.org)
  • 4 This is achieved through improvement of muscle strength, stability of joints, range of motion, and aerobic fitness. (bmj.com)
  • A total of 432 patients were assessed for eligibility and 86 were randomized into the aerobic (n = 28), strength (n = 29) or mixed (n = 29) groups. (nature.com)
  • In conclusion, resistance exercise, followed by interval training or aerobic exercise, was effective in improving the skeletal muscle function indexes, physical fitness, and quality of sleep for the elderly. (e-jer.org)
  • More than 3 decades ago, the clinical observation that patients with rickets and osteomalacia displayed proximal myopathy suggested a direct link between hypovitaminosis D and muscle function [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Of great clinical importance, rating of perceived exertion in the muscle during exercise was the same in symptomatic and asymptomatic post-polio and control subjects, indicating that symptomatic subjects have a mechanism to monitor local muscle fatigue that could be used to avoid exhaustion. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • All clinical parameters (DASH score, pain through VAS, and grip strength) were satisfactory. (hindawi.com)
  • The clinical examination included anthropometry, muscle strength, physical performance and OA exam. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The lab for Musculoskeletal physiotherapy with many advanced & calibrated equipment's like motion analyser to record & analyse any activity, dynamometer to measure muscle strength for almost any movement of body, balance master to test & train balance, spirometer & upper limb CPM. (bcip.ac.in)
  • The handgrip strength and the five-time chair stand test were used to assess PSA. (bvsalud.org)
  • To assess the effects of a 16-week progressive, individualized, high-intensity strength training program on muscle strength, pain, and function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). (boisestate.edu)
  • Grip strength could be an easy and inexpensive test to assess an individual's risk of death and cardiovascular disease," said lead author Dr. Darryl Leong, from the Population Health Research Institute at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University in Canada, in a news release . (harvard.edu)
  • The PURE study suggests that simply measuring one's hand grip strength could be a good way to assess biological age. (harvard.edu)
  • Since those times these devices have advanced extensively in their accuracy, portability and automation in the assessment workflows for health and fitness professionals to the point where AxIT's Push-IT and Pull-IT dynamometers can quickly assess a client's isometric strength, indicate where their clients results lie according to evidence based references, track their progression over time and seamlessly transcribe this assessment data into client management software. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • Dynamometers are commonly used in sports medicine, rehabilitation, and research to assess the health. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • The 10/5 Repeated Jump and Hop add a new reliable and valid test to the AxIT System Stomp-IT dual portable force plate, and is primarily used to measure the Reactive Strength Index or RSI of an athletic individual to assess their ability to rapidly change from eccentric to concentric motions and plyometric performance. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • Several tools are recommended to assess muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance, but are not always available in daily practice. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a systematic review, based on 11 randomised controlled trials (RCTs), we concluded that there is evidence for the beneficial effects of exercise on pain, disability, and patient's global assessment. (bmj.com)
  • Assessment of a Sixteen-Week Training Program on Strength, Pain, and F" by Hilary G. Flint-Wagner, Jeffrey Lisse et al. (boisestate.edu)
  • So as another year draws to a close we've decided to look back on 2021 as to our favorite pieces of research surrounding strength and power assessment. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • In strong high-level rugby players, hand-held dynamometry for isometric knee flexor strength assessment in prone 0/15 degrees and supine 90/90 degrees position is intertester reliable. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • In fact if this image is anything to go by 2021 was the year that the most research ever has been performed into strength and power testing, and it looks like 2022 will surpass that too. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • Fixed contractures of the intrinsic muscles may severely impair the function of the hand. (medscape.com)
  • Strength and endurance deficits in adults with moderate-to-severe hip osteoarthritis, compared to healthy, older adults. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Although there is no documented, objective evidence that symptomatic post-polio subjects are rapidly losing strength, they have a number of neuromuscular deficits related to a more severe poliomyelitis illness that may explain why they complain of problems with strength, endurance, and local muscle fatigue. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • The Barthel Index (BI) is an ordinal scale used to measure performance in ADL (Cid-Ruzafa and Damián-Moreno 1997 ), this scale has been used in people with intellectual disabilities (Hilgenkamp et al. (springeropen.com)
  • Is grip strength a measure of biological age? (harvard.edu)
  • The fact that grip strength was a relevant measure across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries lends credence to the findings. (harvard.edu)
  • The purpose of this testing is diverse, including to diagnose diseases, to evaluate and compare treatments, to document progression of muscle strength, and to provide feedback during the rehabilitation process as a measure indicating the level of hand function. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since the above-mentioned grips involve the action of a large number of different joints and muscle groups, grip strength is not always very sensitive to measure individual muscle groups in medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Relative handgrip strength, handgrip measure divided by body mass index (BMI), affects the future onset of diabetes and prediabetes. (wikipedia.org)
  • A computed topography was used to the measure visceral fat area and the thigh skeletal muscle area. (e-jer.org)
  • Six muscle strength measurements are obtained: three warm-up/ learning measurements and three outcome measurements. (cdc.gov)
  • This study further highlights the importance of integrating grip strength measurements into routine care-not just for older adults but even in midlife," said Duchowny, who is now a postdoctoral scholar fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. (umich.edu)
  • symptoms such as pain, swelling, and stiffness play a major role, as these directly affect functional disability. (researchprotocols.org)
  • Gonalgia is often disabling and may lead to a functional disability altering the quality of life of patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a direct correlation between grip strength of older people and their overall body strength. (wikipedia.org)
  • Data from the Barthel index and a physical fitness test were measured in 122 adults with intellectual disability. (springeropen.com)
  • The objective of this study is to know the relationship between Barthel Index with physical tests in adults with intellectual disabilities. (springeropen.com)
  • This study is an observational cross-sectional study to discover the relationship between Barthel Index with physical fitness tests in adults with intellectual disabilities. (springeropen.com)
  • Adults with cerebral palsy: walking ability after progressive strength training. (aearedo.es)
  • As part of the international Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study , researchers measured grip strength in nearly 140,000 adults in 17 countries and followed their health for an average of four years. (harvard.edu)
  • Previous research has also linked grip strength with future disability, death, and the onset of cardiovascular disease in adults. (harvard.edu)
  • Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (10). (mmu.ac.uk)
  • For example, it is used to indicate changes in hand strength after hand surgery or after a rehabilitation program. (wikipedia.org)
  • INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The intrinsic muscles are traditionally divided into 5 groups: thenar, hypothenar, palmar interossei,[1] dorsal interossei, and lumbricals. (medscape.com)
  • The hypothenar muscles are the abductor digiti minimi, the flexor digiti minimi brevis, and the opponens digiti minimi. (medscape.com)
  • The ulnar nerve innervates most of the intrinsic muscles in the hand: all the interossei, the 3 hypothenar muscles, the adductor pollicis, the deep head of flexor pollicis brevis, and the 2 ulnar lumbricals. (medscape.com)
  • RESULTS: Measures of age-adjusted hip flexor strength and hip abductor strength were positively associated with total hip BMD. (edu.au)
  • For each standard deviation (SD) increase in hip flexor strength, the increase in mean total hip BMD (SD) was 10.4 % (p = 0.009). (edu.au)
  • Recovery of isometric strength was measured at regular intervals for ten minutes after exhaustion. (polioaustralia.org.au)
  • High-intensity strength training in RA patients with varying levels of disease activity and joint damage had a large, significant effect on strength, and led to improvements in pain and function, with additive patient benefits beyond the effect of their infliximab use. (boisestate.edu)
  • A Kin Com MP dynamometer manufactured by Chattanooga Group, Inc ,Chattanooga, TN was used to evaluate knee extensor strength. (cdc.gov)
  • Thenar intrinsic muscle contracture can cause thumb adduction, MCP joint flexion, and IP joint hyperextension. (medscape.com)
  • A similar pattern was observed for hip abductor strength, with an increase in mean total hip BMD of 22.8 % (p = 0.025). (edu.au)
  • All remaining intrinsic muscles-that is, the 2 radial lumbricals, the abductor pollicis brevis, the opponens pollicis, and the superficial head of the flexor pollicis brevis-are thus innervated by the median nerve. (medscape.com)
  • Laboratory sessions will allow practice in the techniques of goniometry and manual muscle testing (MMT). (evansville.edu)
  • 0.001), and weaker grip strength (r=0.143, p=0.047). (massey.ac.nz)
  • Primary outcomes for the main trial will include gait speed, grip strength and physical performance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It needs to be stressed that the correlations between the Barthel index and leg, abdominal and arm strength can confirm that these physical test are predictive of the Barthel index. (springeropen.com)
  • There are studies that affirm that people with intellectual disability (ID) can't do enough physical activity (PA) to obtain a beneficial effect for their health (Carmeli et al. (springeropen.com)
  • Verification of more effective training methods is needed while managing risks according to the physical function of the athlete and the type of disability. (aearedo.es)
  • Physical fitness indicators including body mass index (BMI), forced vital capacity, choice reaction time, grip strength, sit and reach, and five times sit-to-stand were measured. (frontiersin.org)
  • In October 2014, we performed a comprehensive literature search in the bibliographic database "Pubmed," looking at studies discussing the following topics: "hypovitaminosis D and physical performance: observational studies," "can vitamin D supplementation improve muscle function? (hindawi.com)
  • Key factors include overall physical fitness, the presence or absence of certain medical conditions, and muscle strength. (harvard.edu)
  • Additionally, grip strength can be used to determine a patient's physical stability. (wikipedia.org)
  • Exercise capacity, disability and leisure physical activity of subjects with multiple sclerosis. (eurims.org)
  • Positive, negative, and general symptoms of psychosis, body mass index (BMI), physical activity (IPAQ-SF), physical fitness (6-min walk test [6MWT] and hand-grip strength [HGS]), and quality of life (WHOQUOL-BREF) were assessed at baseline, post-intervention (16 weeks), and at 10-months. (nature.com)
  • This study aimed to determine the effects of resistance exercise and interval training on the visceral fat to skeletal muscle area, physical fitness, cognitive functions, and mental health in old women. (e-jer.org)
  • Exercise treatment in OA aims at reducing pain and disability. (bmj.com)
  • In addition, exercise aims directly at reducing disability-for example, through correction of the walking pattern. (bmj.com)
  • Muscle response to heavy resistance exercise in children with spastic cerebral palsy. (aearedo.es)
  • Beneficial effects have been proposed for functional electrostimulation (FES) and exercise at the muscle level. (uba.ar)
  • the FES + exercise combination improved strength significantly when compared with the individual therapeutic procedures. (uba.ar)
  • the combination with exercise was helpful in improving muscle strength. (uba.ar)
  • The connections between grip strength and death or cardiovascular disease remained strong even after the researchers adjusted for other things that can contribute to heart disease or death, such as age, smoking, exercise, and other factors. (harvard.edu)
  • Evan Schick, PhD, CSCS - Central research interest surrounds the medicinal aspects of exercise and nutrition as well as how skeletal muscle health influences total body health and sport performance. (csulb.edu)
  • Current research scope includes: central vs. local hormonal control of muscle growth and nutrient metabolism, acute nutritional state and its impact on exercise-induced glycemic control, understanding how nutritional aids classically used to improve sport performance can also help treat metabolic syndrome. (csulb.edu)
  • For this purpose, dynamometers have been developed that provide more specific information on individual muscles in the hand such as the Rotterdam Intrinsic Hand Myometer (RIHM). (wikipedia.org)
  • Individual involvement of intrinsic muscles results in characteristic deformities. (medscape.com)
  • Normal positioning and movement of the digits depends on the functional integrity of extrinsic and intrinsic muscles. (medscape.com)
  • Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a well-known musculoskeletal disorder and a key cause of disability, particularly in elderly individuals [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In an aging society, importance is attached to disability-adjusted life expectancy without chronic disease or dysfunction ( Rowe and Kahn, 1997 ). (e-jer.org)
  • Muscle dynamometry in the health and fitness industry is not new, in fact the first examples of muscle dynamometers date back to the late 1700's. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • CONCLUSION: This is the first study to provide normative data for grip strength across the life course. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The goal of the lab is to educate and understand the peripheral and central processes of manual therapy (such as spinal manipulation/spinal mobilisation) for the treatment of musculoskeletal discomfort and/or disability. (bcip.ac.in)
  • Low-back pain (LBP) is reported to be single largest cause of disability worldwide. (manipal.edu)
  • A recent study demonstrated that measuring muscle volume using computed tomography (CT)-based analysis and comparing bilateral muscles in the same patient allowed for accurate evaluation of muscle volume in unilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • People with osteoarthritis (OA) often remain sedentary after total knee replacement (TKR) [ 1 , 2 ], predisposing them to noncommunicable diseases and disabilities with advancing age. (researchprotocols.org)
  • The questionnaires include the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) or Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and EQ-5D-5L. (strengthbynumbers.com)
  • Hypovitaminosis D is consistently associated with decrease in muscle function and performance and increase in disability. (hindawi.com)
  • Each 11-pound decrease in grip strength over the course of the study was linked to a 16% higher risk of dying from any cause, a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, a 9% higher risk of stroke, and a 7% higher risk of heart attack. (harvard.edu)
  • A compromised nutritional status, and declining muscle mass, strength and function threatens independence. (massey.ac.nz)
  • Body composition, including muscle mass was estimated using Bioimpedance Analysis (BIA). (massey.ac.nz)
  • Those at risk of malnutrition or malnourished were more likely to use support services, be at risk of dysphagia, have a low BMI, low muscle mass, a lower calf circumference, lower percentage of body fat, and poor muscle strength. (massey.ac.nz)
  • Duchowny said a growing body of research has indicated that muscle strength may be an even more important predictor of overall health and longevity than muscle mass. (umich.edu)
  • In addition, muscle mass varies greatly from person to person due to differences in height or body mass index (BMI), making it difficult to conduct comparisons and accurately elucidate the effect of KOA on muscle mass. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Heavy alcohol consumption and frequent drinking are important risk factors for low muscle mass and muscle strength in Chinese men from Henan province. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The detrimental effect of low muscle mass is associated with higher mortality rates, and its finding depends on body composition evaluation. (healthvoice360.com)
  • muscle mass or adipose tissue quantity. (healthvoice360.com)
  • All associations between hip muscle strength and total hip BMD were independent of height, but were nullified after adjusting for appendicular lean mass or total lean mass. (edu.au)
  • Although six muscle strength trials are preformed only the highest peak force is reported in the data file. (cdc.gov)
  • On the contrary, vitamin D supplementation has been shown to improve muscle strength and gait in different settings, especially in elderly patients. (hindawi.com)
  • the volar interosseous muscles adduct the 4 ulnar digits together toward the third finger. (medscape.com)
  • Consequences of falls can be severe, including fractures, increased risk of disability, premature nursing home admissions, and substantial reduction in quality of life. (frontiersin.org)