title: [Testing of pronation and supination strength in the outpatient setting: a preliminary study].
abstract: Dynamometric studies of grip strength are widely used in clinics. We present a clinic dynamometer that can be used to measure pronation and supination moments while the subject being tested is holding a cylindrical handle in neutral pronosupination. One hundred volunteers without any previous history of upper extremity injury were tested in pronation and supination in order to provide a database of strength values and to study variations with respect to sex, age, dominance, weight and height.
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, pavillon M, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France. guillaume.herzberg@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Herzberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berthonnaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bestion
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dimnet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053581:Muscle Strength Dynamometer; D010045:Outpatients; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D016683:Supine Position / Q000502:physiology*; D019415:Torque; D014953:Wrist / Q000502:physiology*