Table 1.
studies showing significant correlation coefficients between isometric and dynamic strength testing.
| Author | n | Technique | Technique2 | 1-RM | 1-RMrel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Body (Single Joint) | |||||
| Baker (43) | 22 | Isometric Knee Extension (90° knee angle and 110° hip angle) | (Half) Squat | Pre: 0.575*; Post: 0.57* | – |
| Boraczynski (70) | 25 | Isometric Leg Extension (90° knee flexion) | Half Back Squat | 0.780* | 0.629* |
| Requena (15) | 21 | Isometric Knee Extension (single leg; 90° knee angle and 110° hip angle) | Half Squat | 0.58* | – |
| Lower Body (Multi Joint) | |||||
| Bartolomei (71) | 20 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (140° knee angle and 125° hip angle); Isometric Midshin Pull (73.2 ± 6.8 knee angle and 59.8 ± 4.8) | Deadlift | Isometric Midthigh Pull: 0.55*; Isometric Midshin Pull: 0.78* | – |
| Bazyler (72) | 17 | Isometric Squat (90° knee angle; 120° knee angle) | Parallel Back Squat; Partial Squat (100° knee flexion) | IPF90°vsParallel: 0.864*; IPF90°vsPartial: 0.705*; IPF120°vsParallel: 0.597*; IPF120°vsPartial: 0.789* | – |
| Blazevich et al. (73) | 14 | Isometric Squat (90° knee angle); Isometric Front Hack Squat (110° knee angle and 90° hip angle) | Back Squat (90° knee angle); Front Hack Squat (110° knee flexion) | ISvsS: 0.77*; IFHSvsFHS: 0.76* | – |
| De Witt et al. (74) | 9 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (no information on joint angles) | Deadlift | 0.88* | – |
| Dos’Santos et al. (75) | 43 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (135–145° knee angle and 140–150° hip angle) | Power Clean | 0.674* | – |
| Drake et al. (76) | 42 | Isometric Squat (90° knee angle) | Back Squat (90° knee angle) | 0.688* | 0.244 |
| Haff et al. (77) | 8 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (144 ± 5° knee angle and 145 ± 3° hip angle) | Dynamic Midthigh Pull | 0.80* | – |
| Haff et al. (78) | 6 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (127–145° knee angle) | Snatch; Clean and Jerk | Snatch: 0.93*; Clean and Jerk: 0.64 | – |
| Markovic & Jaric (79) | 159 | Isometric Squat (120° knee angle) | Smith Machine Squat (80° knee angle) | 0.52 | 0.38 |
| McGuigan et al. (69) | 26 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (no information on joint angles) | Half Back Squat | 0.97*; | – |
| McGuigan et al. (80) | 8 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (130° knee angle) | Parallel Back Squat; Power Clean | Parallel Back Squat: 0.96*; Power Clean: 0.97; | – |
| Miller et al. (81) | 23 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (142.91 ± 4.22° knee angle and 140.13 ± 4.77° hip angle) | Hex Bar Deadlift | 0.695* | – |
| Nuzzo et al. (25) | 12 | Isometric Squat (140° knee angle); Isometric Midthigh Pull (140° knee angle) | Back Squat (70° knee angle); Power Clean | ISqt vs. Back Squat: 0.624*; IMTP vs. Power Clean: 0.740* | ISqt vs. Back Squat: 0.080; IMTP vs. Power Clean: 0.348 |
| Spiteri et al. (7) | 12 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (140° knee angle and 140° hip angle) | Back Squat (90° knee angle) | – | 0.810* |
| Townsend et al. (82) | 23 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (self-selected knee and hip angles) | Parallel Front Squat; Hang Clean | Parallel Front Squat: 0.705*; Hang Clean: 0.89* | – |
| Wang et al. (3) | 15 | Isometric Midthigh Pull (self-selected knee and hip angles) | Parallel Back Squat | 0.866* | – |
| Young & Bilby (83) | 18 | Isometric Squat (100° knee angle) | Universal Squat Machine (90° knee angle) | 0.71* | 0.53* |
| Beckham et al. (27) | 12 | Isometric Midthigh Pull | Snatch; Clean and jerk | Snatch: 0.830*; Clean and jerk: 0.838*; | Snatch: 0.808*; Clean and jerk: 0.788* |
| Upper Body (Multi Joint) | |||||
| Murphy et al. (66) | 13 | Isometric Bench Press (90° elbow angle) | Bench Press | 0.78* | – |
| Murphy et al. (65) | 13 | Isometric Bench Press (90° and 120° elbow angle) | Bench Press | 90°: 0.78*; | – |
| Baker et al. (43) | 22 | Isometric Bench Press (unilateral; initial position of the concentric phase of the bench press) | Bench Press | Pre: 0.568*; Post: 0.614* | – |
| Lum & Aziz (84) | Prone bench pull test (90° and 120° elbow angles) | Prone bench pull | 90° r = 0.833, 120° r = 0.858 | – | |
1RM, one repetition maximum; 1RMrel, one repetition maximum relative to body weight; ISqt, isometric squat; Sq, Squat; IPF, isometric peak force; IFHS, isometric front hack squat; pre, correlations in pre-test; post, correlation in post-test.
*
Significant correlation.