OBJECTIVE To evaluate the test-retest reliability of isometric and isokinetic muscle strength measurements in the upper extremity after stroke. DESIGN A test-retest design. SUBJECTS Forty-five persons with mild to moderate paresis in the upper extremity > 6 months post-stroke. METHODS Isometric arm strength (shoulder abduction, elbow flexion), isokinetic arm strength (elbow extension/flex...

Isometric evaluation of hip and knee muscle strength can be a useful objective assessment tool in the clinic and may be preferred over other forms of dynamic muscle testing, such as isokinetic assessment or variable-resistance weight-lifting. Assessment of isometric strength with use of a handheld dynamometer requires little skill and is easily administered, relatively inexpensive, valid, relia...

EXERCISE ON AN ISOKINETIC DEVICE INVOLVES THREE DISTINCT MOVEMENT PHASES: acceleration, constant velocity, and deceleration. Inherent in these phases are unique occurrences that may confound test data and, thereby, test interpretation. Standard methods of data reduction like windowing and other techniques consist of removing the acceleration and deceleration phases in order to assure analysis u...

Elite judo athletes undergo vigorous training to achieve outstanding results. In pursuit of achieving competitive success, the occurrence injuries amongst is not rare. The study aimed perform a knee flexors and extensors isokinetic torque analysis in elite female athletes. Fifty-eight Serbian national team (21.02 ± 3.11 years; 62.36 11.91 kg, 165.04 10.24 cm, experience 12.72 2.98 years) volunt...

Recently, the increase of transfemoral amputees from industrial disasters, traffic accidents, vascular diseases and aging is emerging as a social issue. For transfemoral amputees, it is very important to recover their lost functions. Myoplasty, which is one of above-knee amputation methods that sutures muscles on the femoral stump, is used more commonly than other operation methods because it i...

BACKGROUND Whether passive measures of isokinetic muscle strength deficits and knee laxity are related to the dynamic function of the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee remains unclear. HYPOTHESES Arthrometer measurements are not predictive of peak external knee flexion moment (net quadriceps muscle moment), isokinetic quadriceps muscle strength correlates with peak external knee flexi...

Objective: To assess the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) associated with an isokinetic training program in healthy young men and women. Methods: Twenty participants (ten men, ten women; 21±1.5 years) underwent an isokinetic training program for knee extensors of both sides (three sets of ten concentric repetitions at 30°/s) twice a week for four weeks. One limb underwent ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the difference in isokinetic strength of hip muscles between patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and matched healthy controls, and to establish the correlation between this isokinetic strength and pain and function in patients with knee OA. METHODS 25 patients with a diagnosis of unilateral knee OA, 25 patients with bilateral knee OA, and 50 matched controls were eva...