Quadriceps strength and fatigue assessed
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Michael I. Polkey; Dimitris Kyroussis; Carl H. Hamnegard; Gary H. Mills; Malcolm
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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There is no nonvolitional method of assessing quadriceps strength which both supramaximally activates the muscle and is acceptable to subjects. In 10 normal subjects and 10 patients with suspected muscle weakness we used magnetic stimulation of the femoral nerve to elicit an isometric twitch and mea