Medical Uses
Isometric exercises can also be used at the bedside to differentiate various heart murmurs; the murmur of mitral regurgitation gets louder as compared to the quieter murmur of aortic stenosis. They can also be used to prevent Disuse Syndrome in a limb that has been immobilized by a cast, following a fracture.
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