Objectives. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a clinical picture of
arthritis, muscle hypotrophy, loss of range of motion, loss of strength and disability. The
objective of this study was to evaluate knees of patients with rheumatoid arthritis using an
isokinetic dynamometer. Methods. Fifty patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and
50 control subjects were evaluated using an isokinetic dynamometer (Cybex 6.000)
regarding the following parameters: peak torque, peak torque angle, power, total work, peak …