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3966492

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
A simple, rapid, reproducible method for quantification of lower extremity muscle strength was standardized. The time needed to stand 10 times from a standard chair was recorded in 139 healthy subjects, aged 20 to 85 years (77 men, 62 women). Reproducibility was 6.8 percent (+/- 3.4 percent). Neither height nor weight was related to time in either sex. Weight was related to time (p less than 0.05) after adjusting for age, but this effect was slight compared with the effect of age alone. A highly significant (p less than 0.0001) relationship between time and age was found in both sexes. Younger men performed better than younger women, although this difference was lost in the older age groups. The results of this simple test correlated well with published data on the strength of knee flexor and extensor muscles in groups of men and women of various ages. This method was used to evaluate serially six consecutive patients with classic polymyositis or dermatomyositis. Improvement after treatment with prednisone used alone or in combination with azathioprine or methotrexate was found in all cases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Simple method for measurement of lower extremity muscle strength.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.