Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1289-1297 , October 2007

Development of a French Isometric Strength Normative Database for Adults Using Quantitative Muscle Testing

  • Jean-Yves Hogrel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jean-Yves Hogrel, PhD, Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
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  • Christine A. Payan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Gwenn Ollivier, PT

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Véronique Tanant, PT

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence Maladies Neuromusculaires, Hôpital de l’Archet, Nice, France
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  • Shahram Attarian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, CHU La Timone, Marseille, France
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  • Annabelle Couillandre, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Arnaud Dupeyron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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  • Lucette Lacomblez, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département de Pharmacologie Clinique, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Valérie Doppler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Myologie, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Vincent Meininger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fédération des Maladies du Système Nerveux, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Christine Tranchant, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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  • Jean Pouget, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, CHU La Timone, Marseille, France
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  • Claude Desnuelle, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence Maladies Neuromusculaires, Hôpital de l’Archet, Nice, France

  • Image Result

    Changes in composite MMT (points) and QMT (bars) scores for an FSHD patient at 3 successive visits (M0, M3, M6) 3 months apart. Composite scores were computed from QMT data for the (A) upper limb and

    Changes in composite MMT (points) and QMT (bars) scores for an FSHD patient at 3 successive visits (M0, M3, M6) 3 months apart. Composite scores were computed from QMT data for the (A) upper limb and (B) lower limb separately and (C) total for the whole body. Compared with table 7, for which it is difficult to see an overall trend in the patient’s levels of muscle strength because of the variability of results, the QMT data expressed as z scores gives a clear picture of the deteriorating strength if the patient.

 Supported by the Association de Recherche sur la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique and the Association Française contre les Myopathies.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01282-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.011

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1289-1297 , October 2007

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