Assessment of limb function asymmetry is of interest to practitioners due to its role in return to play guidelines and reported links to injury. Dynamometry is one of the most commonly used methods of assessing muscle function, but the mode of contraction used is different to the stretch-shortening cycles experienced during real-life activities. The aim of this study was to compare measures of ...

OBJECTIVE The present study assessed the reliability and validity of isokinetic dynamometry in the qualitative determination of the evolution of total knee arthroplasty. CASES 20 patients whose mean age was 71.35 years, undergoing knee arthroplasty, and 25 controls whose mean age was 71.36 years. METHOD Computerized isokinetic assessment of flexor and extensor muscles using a CYBEX 6000 dyn...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common neuropathies upper extremities. The disease manifested by pain in hand, accompanied numbness, paresthesia, muscle weakness, a significant decrease grip strength and marked deterioration functional state hand as whole, which causes disability patients. Surgical treatment pathology considered effective. In order to assess long-term results surgical...

ABSTRACT Introduction: The assessment of biomechanical changes related to the lower limbs is necessary in clinical practice measure potential risks injury and influences on existing dysfunction. Biomechanical previous ankle injuries are known influence performance entire limb. Objective: aim this study was correlate muscle strength tests, tests stability with Single Hop Test (SHT). Methods: 82 ...

The purpose of this study was to compare strength gains in the lower limbs, assessed by one maximum repetition (1RM) and isokinetic peak torque (PT), in young men undergoing a resistance training (RT) program. Twenty-seven young men performed resistance training twice a week for 11 weeks. Training involved two exercises for the lower body, two for the upper body and one for the midsection perfo...

BACKGROUND Grip strength is a variable which may be important to measure and follow in various populations. A new dynamometer with high accuracy and sensitivity has recently been developed to assess grip strength. The objectives of this work were to provide norms of maximal isometric grip strength measured with this new dynamometer (the MyoGrip device), to assess the reliability of measurements...

Abstract The search for energy efficient tillage technologies and the creation of more advanced machines while reducing cost final product are one priority goals. One step in development implements is to develop a theoretical basis. In this case, mathematical or simulation modeling used, but part work carried out laboratory field an integral research structure. Of great importance testing fores...