Validity and Reliability of the Measurement of the Quardriceps Femoris Muscle Strength with a Hand-Held Dynamometer on the Affected Side in Hemiplegic Patients

Hand‐held Dynamometry Correlation With the Gold Standard Isokinetic Dynamometry: A Systematic Review

“…Two of these studies documented a “good” ICC [3,30], and the third documented a “moderate‐to‐good” ICC [11]. Thirteen of the studies recorded a Pearson correlation coefficient [1,2,4,5,11,14,18,19,28,29,40‐42]. All 13 documented a positive Pearson value.…”

“…We examined the hypothesis that HHD is an appropriate method for measurement of muscle strength in the clinical setting. The purpose of this review therefore was to systematically examine the current evidence on the reliability and validity of the HHD when compared with the “gold standard” muscle strength assessment, isokinetic testing [18‐21]. The Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Description [22] was used to select manuscripts, and the quality assessment was made by the use of a standardized grading form, which was an amalgam of a modified PEDro tool [23] and the Cochrane DTA Description.…”

Higher Protein Intake Is Associated with Higher Lean Mass and Quadriceps Muscle Strength in Adult Men and Women

“…Quadriceps strength of the right leg was measured with the use of a Nicholas handheld isometric dynamometer (test-retest reliability >85%) (26,27). In cases in which the right leg could not be assessed (e.g., painful, leg brace), the left leg was measured.…”

Exercise in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

“…Each measurement was repeated three times and averaged. The reliability and the validity of HHDM testing were found to be acceptable in both healthy persons and patients ( [3,16,19]). …”