Table 1.
Quadriceps Strength Measures Between Devices. Values are mean ± SD. Normalized values are in parentheses.
Isokinetic Dynamometer | Hand-Held Dynamometer | Significance | Correlation Coefficient | Limits of Agreement for Bland-Altman Plots | |
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Peak Torque | 284.1 ± 95.5 Nm (3.57 ± 0.61 Nm/kg) | 303.5 ± 118.2 Nm (3.81 ± 0.91 Nm*s−1kg) | p = .03* | r = .894 | 19.4 ± 53.2 Nm |
RTD100 | 789.9 ± 442.6 Nm/s (9.62 ± 4.40 Nm*s−1/kg) | 524.6 ± 391.8 Nm/s (6.38 ± 4.08 Nm*s−1kg) | T = < .001* | r = .527 | -265.2 ± 402.6 Nm/s |
RTD250 | 832.8 ± 311.1 Nm/s (10.41 ± 2.43 Nm*s−1kg) | 777.6 ± 354.7 Nm/s (9.71 ± 2.94 Nm*s−1kg) | p = .09 | r = .839 | -55.2 ± 190.7 Nm/s |
RTDAvg | 328.0 ± 122.4 Nm/s (4.17 ± 1.08 Nm*s−1/kg) | 269.0 ± 209.7 Nm/s (3.37 ± 2.17 Nm*s−1kg) | T = .002* | r = .280 | -59.0 ± 208.3 Nm/s |
* HHD values were significantly different (P or T < .05) than isokinetic dynamometer.