Validation of manual muscle testing and a subset of eight muscles for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Rider LG, Koziol D, Giannini EH, Jain MS, Smith MR, Whitney-Mahoney K, Feldman BM, Wright SJ, Lindsley CB, Pachman LM, Villalba ML, Lovell DJ, Bowyer SL, Plotz PH, Miller FW, Hicks JE. Validation of manual muscle testing and a subset of eight muscles for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Apr; 62(4):465-72.

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subject areas

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Dermatomyositis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Weakness
Myositis
Observer Variation
Physical Examination
Polymyositis
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index

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Susan Wright

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