Diagnosis and assessment of pectoralis major rupture by dynamometry.
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.
Scott
B W
BW
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, England.
Wallace
W A
WA
Barton
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture