Objectives: To investigate the clinical efficacy of physiotherapy with and without superficial dry needling on patients with knee pain; patellofemoral pain syndrome. Methods: A randomized clinical trial conducted in 2015, Tehran, Iran. Of patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, thirty-four subjects were randomly divided into two groups (17 in each group). Group A was subject...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this observational, cross-sectional study was to quantify the potential presence of muscle weakness among patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). The influence of gender, treatment intensity and disease duration on muscle strength and disease progression was also assessed. METHODS Muscle strength was tested in 8 muscle groups by manual muscle testing and by ...

OBJECTIVES Poor sleep quality and short sleep duration are associated with an increased risk for muscle mass reduction. Thus, they may also influence muscle strength. This study aimed to investigate the association between sleep quality and duration, and muscle strength in university students. METHODS This cross-sectional study comprised 10,125 university students aged 16-30 years. Handgrip s...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether muscle strength, proprioceptive accuracy, and laxity are associated with self-reported knee instability in a large cohort of knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients, and to investigate whether muscle strength may compensate for impairment in proprioceptive accuracy or laxity, in order to maintain knee stability. METHODS Data from 283 knee OA patients from the Amsterda...

Controversy exists as to whether muscle strength is a variable that should be measured in patients with brain lesions. The purpose of this special communication is to provide evidence for the inclusion of muscle strength testing in the assessment of these patients. This evidence consists of information that 1) is relevant to weakness following brain lesions and concerns about its measurement, 2...

Muscle weakness is commonly cited as a cause of crouch gait in individuals with cerebral palsy; however, outcomes after strength training are variable and mechanisms by which muscle weakness may contribute to crouch gait are unclear. Understanding how much muscle strength is required to walk in a crouch gait compared to an unimpaired gait may provide insight into how muscle weakness contributes...