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Manual Muscle Testing: A Method of Measuring Extremity Muscle Strength Applied to Critically Ill Patients

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Muscular Strength in Cancer Patients: Proposed Normative Values.

Buck Covington¹, Luke Krynski, Lea Haverbeck Simon

¹Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Dietetics, University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.

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Summary

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Cancer survivors generally exhibit lower muscular strength compared to the general population. Current normative data may not accurately reflect strength in cancer patients undergoing exercise rehabilitation.

Keywords:

EXERCISE TRAINING HANDGRIP STRENGTH NORMATIVE DATA ONCOLOGY STRENGTH-TO-WEIGHT RATIO

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Area of Science:

Exercise Science
Oncology Rehabilitation
Biostatistics

Background:

Growing use of exercise rehabilitation in oncology.
Need for specific strength benchmarks for cancer survivors.
Existing normative data may not be suitable for this population.

Purpose of the Study:

Develop normative strength data tables for cancer survivors.
Assess exercise training effects on strength categorization.
Establish population-specific strength reference values.

Main Methods:

Collected data from 659 cancer survivors across various cancer types and stages.
Assessed one repetition maximum (1RM) for chest press and leg press.
Measured dominant handgrip strength and calculated strength-to-weight ratio (SWR).

Main Results:

Cancer survivors' mean SWR and handgrip strength were classified as 'average' or lower compared to healthy norms.
23 out of 30 age/sex groups fell into the lowest strength category.
Significant differences observed between cancer survivors and healthy normative data.

Conclusions:

Normative data from healthy individuals may be inappropriate for cancer survivors.
Existing benchmarks may lack sensitivity to detect strength improvements from training in this group.
Proposed initial dataset for developing cancer-specific strength norms.