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Atrophy of quadriceps muscle due to immobilization of the lower extremity
Stillwell DM, McLarren GL, Gersten JW
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1967 Jun;48(6):289-295
clinical trial
2/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: No; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The effect of quadriceps-setting exercises an isometric tension and on 10 repetition maximum of the quadriceps muscle was studied in 22 normal subjects and in 21 patients with leg trauma. Each of these 43 persons tested had one lower extremity in a long leg cast. In addition, 10 normal persons not in casts were exercised isometrically at a knee angle of either 120 or 165 degrees. In the normal subjects with costs, exercises prevented a decline in isometric tension (at 120 degrees) and in 10 repetition maximum, and resulted in an increase in isometric tension, when testing was done at a knee angle of 165 degrees. In the patients the differences were not so striking, for isometric tension and 10 repetition maximum decreased significantly in both exercised and nonexercised groups. The magnitude of the decline in 10 repetition maximum was, however, significantly smaller in exercised than in nonexercised patients. In the normal subjects not in casts, improvement in isometric tension and in 10 repetition maximum was similar at the two angles.

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