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

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 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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