One of the more common methods is a hands-on test called the Medical Research Council Manual Muscle Testing Scale, or MRC scale. Other methods include a dynamometry which measures the force of a ...

Biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neuronal injury have the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, disease monitoring, prognosis, and measure treatment efficacy. Neurofilament proteins (NfPs) are ...

Notwithstanding the substantial progress in acute stroke care over the past 15 years, the focus of stroke medical advances and healthcare resources has been on acute and subacute recovery phases, ...

2 Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Background Grip strength has consistently been found to predict all-cause mortality rates. However, few studies have examined ...

Objective Vertical jump tests are more sensitive in revealing asymmetries in performance metrics at the time of return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) than ...

Introduction Early exercise with in-bed cycling as part of an intensive care unit (ICU) rehabilitation programme has the potential to improve physical and functional outcomes following critical ...

a Department of Neurology, b Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands Dr NC Notermans, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Utrecht C03.236, PO Box 85500, 3508 ...

Correspondence to Dr Matthew Buckthorpe, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, London WG1 9PF, UK; M.Buckthorpe{at}isokinetic.com Within elite football, there is a large ...