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- Brodin, H, et al.
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Rehabilitation in Schweden.
- 1999
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Ingår i: Phys Rehab Kur Med. ; 9, s. 25-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Lagerström, Christel, et al.
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Recovery of isometric grip strength after Colles' fracture : a prospective two-year study
- 1999
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. - 0036-5505 .- 1940-2228. ; 31:1, s. 55-62
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Grip strength during short and sustained maximal voluntary isometric contractions was measured in 28 females and 5 males with displaced Colles' fracture involving the distal radio-ulnar joint. The patients were randomized into two groups, treated either through immobilization with plaster cast or with external fixation. The recovery of isometric grip strength was followed over a two-year period. A significant difference was registered between women with plaster casts and women with external fixators six weeks after the fracture. Regaining of grip strength occurred up to one year after the fracture. The pattern of recovery was slower for women with primary external fixation. Neither the dominant nor the non-dominant injured side regained short or sustained maximal voluntary isometric contraction. The dominant injured side showed no significant difference between sides but the non-dominant injured side remained significantly weaker. It is thus important to identify hand dominance. Pain during measurements was reduced after two years, but about one-fifth of the patients still perceived pain. The present findings may serve as guidance in physiotherapy for these patients.
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- Nordgren, Bengt, et al.
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Postpolio muscular dysfunction : relationships between muscle energy metabolism, subjective symptoms, magnetic resonance imaging, electromyography, and muscle strength
- 1997
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Ingår i: Muscle and Nerve. - 0148-639X .- 1097-4598. ; 20:11, s. 1341-1351
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Eleven patients with previous polio were studied. The concentration of energy-related metabolites and energy charge was measured from the vastus lateralis muscle, as was isometric muscle strength of knee extension. Cross-sectional area of the quadriceps femoris muscle was calculated from magnetic resonance imaging. Reinnervation was studied using macroelectromyography. Muscle weakness, pain, and newly acquired muscle weakness in the legs was estimated by the patients. The findings in the legs in which the patients experienced new loss of muscle function were compared with the stable legs. There were no significant differences between these groups in any of the objectively measured variables. Only hip pain correlated with new loss of muscle function. Creatine phosphate was decreased in 5 patients. The symptoms and subjective muscle strength did not correlate with any of the objective measurements. There were no significant relationships between energy-related metabolites and postpolio symptoms.
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