Iso-inertial fatigue assessment: protocol, descriptive data and reproducibility analysis

in Abstract Book of the 5th International Conference on Strength training (2006)

Exploration isocinétique et électromyographique des fléchisseurs et extenseurs de genou : application à des populations souffrant de douleurs chroniques

in Abstract book de la 5ème Journée Belge d’Isocinétisme, Campus Erasme (2005, December)

Recommandations pour l'elaboration d'un bilan fonctionnel de base du patient lombalgique

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2005), 60(7-8, Jul-Aug), 661-8

This article aims to recommend easy, reproducible and valid physical tests and questionnaires to allow a functional and physical assessment of sub-acute and chronic low back pain patients. We recommend ... [more ▼]

This article aims to recommend easy, reproducible and valid physical tests and questionnaires to allow a functional and physical assessment of sub-acute and chronic low back pain patients. We recommend the pain visual analogue scale, the French translation of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (EIFEL) and the Dallas questionnaire to appreciate pain intensity and its influence on patients' quality of life. Sorensen's test is recommended in order to assess trunk extensor muscles endurance. We suggest to measure pelvic and lumbar flexion mobility by means of the inclinometer technique. The test described by McQuade is recommended to assess abdominal muscles static endurance. [less ▲]

Pressure pain thresholds of tender point sites in patients with fibromyalgia and in healthy controls

in European Journal of Pain (London, England) (2004), 8(2), 111-117

Pressure pain threshold (PPT) is defined as the minimum force applied which induces pain. This measure has proven to be commonly useful in evaluating tenderness symptom. Our aim was to study the intra ... [more ▼]

Pressure pain threshold (PPT) is defined as the minimum force applied which induces pain. This measure has proven to be commonly useful in evaluating tenderness symptom. Our aim was to study the intra-examiner reproducibility of PPT measurement, define cutoffs in normal groups, and compare these results with patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Fifty healthy females, 50 healthy males, and 20 patients with FM participated in the study. PPTs were assessed for 18 specific tender point sites by a dolorimeter. The intra-individual coefficient of variation determined by a test-retest PPT measurement procedure with 3-days interval reached, respectively, 17% and 13% in healthy females and males, versus 24% in patients with FM PPTs were significantly lower in healthy females than in healthy males (p < 0.01). Statistical analysis failed to show any differences between the dominant and nondominant side for both normal groups. PPTs were lower over all examined areas in patients with FM than those obtained in healthy females (p < 0.000). Lower cutoff levels were calculated from normal values for all specific tender point sites. On average, 14 tender point sites in patients with FM were under the established lower cutoffs. In conclusion, pressure pain sensitivity was influenced by the anatomical localization of tender point and gender differences. Lowest PPTs were localized in trapezius, occiput, anterior cervical, and second rib. The reduction of total tender point score in patients with FM averaged 60% comparatively with normal values. PPT reproducibility and discrimination between the two groups were optimal for the gluteal and knee sites. (C) 2003 European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [less ▲]

Traitement de la lombalgie chronique : intérêts du reconditionnement physique

in Abstract book du Symposium FNDLK – Kinésithérapie passive ou active ? (2003, October)

La fibromyalgie : exploration fonctionnelle musculaire

in Abstract book des Mardis de la Kinésithérapie 2003 (2003, February)