Use of the modified sphygmomanometer test to assess muscle strength in children and adolescents: a systematic review
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dolescents, children, Muscle Strength.Abstract
Evaluating muscle strength in the pediatric
population allows comparing healthy and affected
individuals, establishing recovery goals, tracking the results
of interventions and the evolution over time due to health
conditions, as well as monitoring load progression and level
of training. The Modified Sphygmomanometer Test (MST)
is a technique used to measure isometric muscle strength in
this population. The objective of the study is to gather and
synthesize studies that used MST to measure the muscular strength of children and adolescents, identifying the muscle
groups, measurement properties investigated, and the applied
protocols. Bibliographic search was conducted on the MEDLINE,
Embase, PEDro, SciELO, and LILACS databases. Original, peerreviewed
studies published up to September 2021 that evaluated
isometric muscle strength using MST in children and adolescents
aged 0 to 19 years were selected. A total of 1,610 studies were
identified, and 17 were considered eligible. Of these, 12 studies
(70.6%) were conducted with a mixed population and five
(29.4%) with only children and adolescents. The most evaluated
muscle groups were hip adductors (47.5%) and handgrip (29.4%)
with a predominance of the non-adapted sphygmomanometer
(47.1%) and 20mmHg pre-insufflation (47.1%). Only six studies
(35.3%) evaluated MST measurement properties . In conclusion,
there are few studies aimed at the pediatric population, which
hinders the standardization of MST application in clinical
practice, despite being easy to access and handle
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