Use of hand hydraulic dynamometers as an overall evaluation of the upper-limb weakness in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Patients with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome report pain and upper-limb weakness. They complain about weakness occurring on the entire upper-limb, especially at the hand and the shoulder levels. Hydraulic dynamometers can reliably assess the strength of the hand, and isokinetic shoulder testing can provide accurate and reliable evaluations of the rotators strength. Yet, isokinetic proximal assessment needs expensive tools, whereas hydraulic hand dynamometers are cheap and easy to use. We aimed to assess the correlation between the isokinetic shoulder strength and the hand grip and the key pinch strength. The grip strength was evaluated with a hydraulic hand dynamometer and the key pinch with a pinch gauge. Isokinetic rotators strength tests were performed using a Humac Norm® dynamomet

SUBMITTER: Fouasson-Chailloux A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420998 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature