Table 3.

Muscle strength assessed by manual muscle testing (MMT) and hand-held dynamometry (HHD) at baseline (V0).

	MMT-10				HHD				Correlations MMT-HHD
	Min	Max	Mean	± SD	Min	Max	Mean	±SD	** = strong * = moderate
NeckFlex	2.0	5.0	4.4	0.6	3.1	17.7	9.3	3.7	0.637**
NeckExt	4.0	5.0	4.9	0.4	4.0	21.2	12.8	4.1	0.521*
ShoulderAbd R	3.2	5.0	4.7	0.4	3.5	20.5	9.7	3.5	0.583*
ShoulderAbd L	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.4	4.3	18.9	9.5	3.5	0.646**
Elb_flex_R	4.2	5.0	4.9	0.2	7.6	28.7	15.0	4.0	0.597*
Elb_flex_L	4.0	5.0	4.9	0.2	7.8	25.6	14.1	4.4	0.550*
Elb_ext_R	4.0	5.0	4.7	0.4	4.1	19.2	9.7	3.8	0.542*
Elb_ext_L	4.0	5.0	4.7	0.4	4.0	20.1	9.6	3.7	0.615**
Wri_ext_R	4.2	5.0	5.0	0.2	3.4	24.9	12.5	4.0	0.490*
Wri_ext_L	4.2	5.0	4.9	0.2	3.0	24.8	12.1	4.4	0.481*
Wri_flex_R	4.2	5.0	5.0	0.1	5.7	24.0	13.0	4.2	0.373
Wri_flex_L	3.8	5.0	4.9	0.2	0.0	24.6	12.8	5.0	0.462*
HipFlex_R	3.0	5.0	4.5	0.6	1.8	29.8	15.6	6.5	0.804**
HipFlex_L	3.0	5.0	4.5	0.6	3.0	33.3	15.7	6.2	0.774**
HipExt_R	2.2	5.0	4.7	0.6	4.2	31.2	14.2	6.0	0.779**
HipExt_L	2.2	5.0	4.7	0.6	4.3	29.6	14.2	5.7	0.718**
KneeFlex_R	3.0	5.0	4.8	0.4	4.6	32.2	15.2	5.6	0.508*
KneeFlex_L	3.0	5.0	4.8	0.4	4.4	30.4	15.0	5.6	0.526*
KneeExt_R	3.8	5.0	4.8	0.4	7.3	46.8	19.7	7.9	0.588*
KneeExt_L	3.8	5.0	4.8	0.4	5.8	52.6	19.7	8.2	0.595*
AnkleDor_R	3.0	5.0	4.9	0.3	1.1	25.1	14.3	5.5	0.427*
AnkleDor_L	3.0	5.0	4.9	0.3	1.3	26.8	14.4	5.8	0.473*
AnklePla_R	4.0	5.0	5.0	0.1	4.7	42.5	23.4	5.7	0.242
AnklePla_L	4.0	5.0	5.0	0.2	5.9	41.0	23.2	5.5	0.339

Bold values indicate the weakest muscles.