Quadriceps handheld dynamometry during the post-ICU trajectory: using strictly the same body position is mandatory for repeated measures.

Anne-Francoise RousseauNadia DardenneIsabelle KellensStephen BornheimBenoit MissetJean-Louis Croisier

Published in: Intensive care medicine experimental (2023)

As no conversion equation has been validated in the present study, repeated QS measurements should be performed strictly in the same standardized and documented position.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome