Reproducibility of isokinetic knee eccentric and concentric strength indices in asymptomatic young adults

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 156-162

  Almosnino, Sivan ^a   Stevenson, Joan M ^a   Bardana, Davide D ^a,b   Diaconescu, Elena D ^a   Dvir, Zeevi ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Reliability of results; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VELOCITY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864017714     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: 18731600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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