Validity of strength measurements with the KinCom and Biodex dynamometer in PPS patients
- Conditions
- Postpoliomyelitis SyndromePPS10029317
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34303
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1) healthy volunteers
2) group of post polio patients with 1) a history of poliomyelitis; 2) paresis of at least one of the quadriceps muscles.
Exclusion Criteria
1) inflammatory muscle or joint pathology, pain of muscles or joints of the lower extremity preventing exerting maximal contraction of the quadriceps muscle, cardiac or pulmonary problems, elite athletes.
2) 1) other neuromuscular or orthopaedic disorders, 2) strength of both quadriceps muscles below 30 Nm, 3) decreased range of motion in the lower extremity, 4) pain of muscles or joints of the lower extremity preventing patients from exerting maximal contraction of the quadriceps muscle.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The peak isometric and isokinetic torque of three repetitions of maximal<br /><br>voluntary contractions will be used to establish the validity of the KinCom in<br /><br>comparison to the golden standard, the Biodex dynamometer. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>