Endurance test as index of paresis in patients with multiple sclerosis.
This study has been performed to evaluate slight pareses in patients with multiple sclerosis by means of mechanical endurance experiments. The results are compared with manual grading of pareses in patients and with healthy controls. On average, concordance was found between manual and mechanical estimation but the method is not advantageous for clinical purposes.
D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology