DocumentCode
1730887
Title
Isokinetic test and exercise in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Author
Granata, Carmine ; Ballestrazzi, A. ; Granata, L.
Author_Institution
Muscle Clinic, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
fYear
1989
Firstpage
1047
Abstract
Six patients, (four children aged 6 to 12, and two young men aged 17 and 23) affected by the mild form of SMA underwent bilateral isokinetic tests and isokinetic strengthening exercise on the weaker leg three times weekly for 1 month. Children obtained an average of 33% of increase in muscle strength for both extensors and flexors of the knee in the trained leg. Adults obtained a very high increase in peak torque values: 122% for quadriceps and 52% for hamstring muscles. The untrained leg also showed some improvement from 0 to 17%
Keywords
biomechanics; muscle; children; exercise; extensors; flexors; hamstring muscles; isokinetic test; muscle strength; patients; peak torque; quadriceps; spinal muscular atrophy; young men; Aging; Atrophy; Diseases; Gravity; Knee; Leg; Muscles; Pediatrics; Testing; Torque;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96079
Filename
96079
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