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. 2019 Apr;14(2):180–187.

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
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.