Clinical predictive value of manual muscle strength testing during critical illness: an observational cohort study
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Critical Care
- Vol. 17 (5), R229
- https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13052
Abstract
Impaired skeletal muscle function has important clinical outcome implications for survivors of critical illness. Previous studies employing volitional manual muscle testing for diagnosing intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) during the early stages of critical illness have only provided limited data on outcome. This study aimed to determine inter-observer agreement and clinical predictive value of the Medical Research Council sum score (MRC-SS) test in critically ill patients.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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