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Algometry
Algometry is a clinical measurement method that quantifies the pressure pain threshold, the minimal pressure inducing pain, used in pain medicine to assess tenderness and track treatment response.
Dynamometry
Dynamometry is the quantitative measurement of the force or torque a muscle produces, using handheld or fixed devices to assess neuromuscular function and track rehabilitation progress.
Ergospirometry
Ergospirometry, also called cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), is a diagnostic method that measures respiratory gas exchange and ventilation during graded exercise to quantify cardiopulmonary fitness and identify exercise-limiting mechanisms.
Hand Strength
Hand strength (grip strength, handgrip strength) is the force exerted when gripping or grasping, measured with a dynamometer. Used to diagnose sarcopenia and frailty and to predict mortality; reliability ICC about 0.92 to 0.96.
Hand-held dynamometry
Hand-held dynamometry is a clinical method in which a portable force gauge held against a limb measures peak isometric muscle strength, widely used in rehabilitation and neuromuscular assessment.
Handgrip strength test
The handgrip strength test measures maximal squeezing force with a dynamometer, used as a quick bedside proxy for overall muscle function and to screen for sarcopenia and frailty.
Harvard step test
The Harvard step test is a submaximal field test of cardiovascular fitness in which heart rate recovery after stepping on and off a bench yields a fitness index.
Impedance myography
Impedance myography, also known as electrical impedance myography, is a noninvasive technique that passes a small electrical current through muscle to assess neuromuscular disease severity.
Muscle Strength Dynamometer
Muscle strength dynamometer: device measuring isometric force of muscles or muscle groups, from 1763 spring devices to hand-held (HHD) and isokinetic dynamometry, the gold standard; HHD offers portable, valid, lower-cost clinical strength testing.
Nine-hole peg test
The nine-hole peg test is a timed clinical assessment of fine finger dexterity that measures how quickly a person places and removes nine pegs, used widely in multiple sclerosis and stroke.
Physical performance testing
Physical performance testing is a set of standardized clinical assessments in which patients perform quantified physical tasks, such as the SPPB and Timed Up and Go, to measure strength, balance, and mobility.
Six-minute walk test
The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a self-paced clinical exercise test measuring the distance walked in six minutes, widely used in COPD and pulmonary arterial hypertension.