Muscle Strength in ICU Patients Measured by Handgrip Dynamometer and ICU-Acquired Weakness: A Prospective, Single-Center Observational Study

Robert Fiut; Weronika Wasyluk; Izabela Świetlicka; Magdalena Ilona Szukała; Alicja Wójcik-Załuska; Wojciech Dabrowski; Manu L.N.G. Malbrain

doi:10.12659/MSM.949637

27 September 2025 : Clinical Research

Muscle Strength in ICU Patients Measured by Handgrip Dynamometer and ICU-Acquired Weakness: A Prospective, Single-Center Observational Study

Robert Fiut

^{ABDEF 1*}, Weronika Wasyluk

^{ABDEF 2}, Izabela Świetlicka

^{ACDE 3}, Magdalena Ilona Szukała

^{ABEF 4}, Alicja Wójcik-Załuska

^{ABCEF 1}, Wojciech Dabrowski

^{ABCEF 5}, Manu L.N.G. Malbrain

^{ABDEF 5,6,7}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.949637

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e949637

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Figure 2 The probability of achieving muscle strength above the ICU-AW cutoff, defined as strength below 7.0 kg for women and 11.0 kg for men, concerning the number of days since ICU admission. Observations marked with a + symbol were right-censored (OriginPro 2022, OriginLab, MA, USA).

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