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B L Arnold1, D H Perrin, E V Hellwig
1Brent L. Arnold is Doctoral Student in Sports Medicine at Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Abstract:
To determine the reliability of concentric quadriceps muscle torque at 30 degrees , 60 degrees , and 75 degrees of knee extension, 25 female university students were studied. Each subject was tested on the Kin-Com isokinetic dynamometer on 2 separate days, 7 days apart. The dynamometer's speed was set at 60 degrees ls. Intraclass correlation coefficients for 30 degrees , 60 degrees , and 75 degrees were 0.84 (p<.01), 0.87 (p<.01), and 0.83(p<.01), respectively. The standard errors of the measure were 5.92 N.m, 7.65 N.m, and 7.35 N.m, respectively. Based on the instrumentation and protocol used in this study, we believe angle-specific torques have good reliability. Because of the error size, clinicians using similar methodology to determine angle-specific torques should be cautious when comparing differences between angle-specific torques of less than 12 to 16 N.m.
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