Safe load carrying after uncomplicated myocardial infarction: a simple prescriptive method.
Measuring maximal handgrip strength at the time of hospital discharge provides a simple method for prescribing load holding and load carrying and patients who have had myocardial infarction.
Dressendorfer
R H
RH
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (Cardiac Rehabilitation), William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48009-1797, USA.
Hollingsworth
V
V
Franklin
B A
BA
DeWitt
C
C
Timmis
G C
GC
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005080:Exercise Test; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010351:Patient Discharge