Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1164-1170 , September 2007

Reliability of a New Instrument for Measuring Plantarflexor Muscle Strength

Presented as a poster to the European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children, September 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • Maria Örtqvist, PT, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women & Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Elena M. Gutierrez-Farewik, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women & Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • KTH Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Markus Farewik, BSc

      Affiliations

    • KTH Syd, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden.
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  • Anna Jansson, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Åsa Bartonek, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women & Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Eva Broström, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women & Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Eva Broström, PT, PhD, Motoriklab Q2, 07, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

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    Test design. Abbreviation: ID, isokinetic dynamometer.

    Test design. Abbreviation: ID, isokinetic dynamometer.

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    Differences in mean plantarflexor peak torque between the 2 different testing positions with knee angles of 60° and 30° in the SMC during session 3.

    Differences in mean plantarflexor peak torque between the 2 different testing positions with knee angles of 60° and 30° in the SMC during session 3.

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    Bland-Altman plots29 showing the differences between session 1 in the SMC and session 3 (SMC) for plantarflexor peak torque plotted against their mean for each subject, to check for any systematic var

    Bland-Altman plots29 showing the differences between session 1 in the SMC and session 3 (SMC) for plantarflexor peak torque plotted against their mean for each subject, to check for any systematic variations between the 2 test sessions. (A) Adult group (n=23); (B) children group (n=15); (C) adult group (n=23); and (D) children group (n=14).

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    Bland-Altman plots29 showing the differences between session 2 (isokinetic dynamometer) and session 3 in the SMC for plantarflexor peak torque plotted against their mean for each subject, to check for

    Bland-Altman plots29 showing the differences between session 2 (isokinetic dynamometer) and session 3 in the SMC for plantarflexor peak torque plotted against their mean for each subject, to check for any systematic variations between the 2 different strength measuring devices. (A) Adult group (n=23) and (B) children group (n=15).

 Supported by the Sunnerdahl, Norrbacka Foundations, Frimurare Foundation, and Teknikstiftelsen.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00424-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1164-1170 , September 2007

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