title: Diagnosis and assessment of pectoralis major rupture by dynamometry.
abstract: Four patients with pectoralis major ruptures underwent clinical and dynamometric assessment and one patient underwent late surgical repair. The operation is described. Dynamometry proved a useful and objective method of estimating the loss of strength and indicating patients who might benefit from surgical repair.
authors.affiliation: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, England.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture