Isokinetic Exercise
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Isokinetics in Human Performance
Table of Contents Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Credits xii Part I Foundations 1 Chapter 1 Test Interpretation 3 Chapter 2 Specificity of Training Modes 25 Chapter 3 Correlations With Athletic Performance 42 Part II Limitations 75 Chapter 4 Assessing Human Performance 77 Chapter 5 Load Range 97 Chapter 6 Three-Dimensional Mapping 122 Part III Functional Applications 147 Chapter 7 Testing and Training the Upper Extremity 149 Chapter 8 Testing and Training the Lower Extremity 171 Chapter 9 Multiple-Joint Performance Over a Velocity Spectrum 196 Chapter 10 Control of Voluntary Contraction Force 209 Chapter 11 Isokinetic Eccentric Muscle Actions 229 Chapter 12 Functional Lift Capacity 240 Chapter 13 Testing the Spine 258 Chapter 14 The Cardiovascular Effects of Isokinetic Resistance Exercise 277 Part IV Unique Populations 297 Chapter 15 Youth and Isokinetic Testing 299 Chapter 16 Aging and Isokinetic Strength 324 Chapter 17 Gender Differences in Isokinetic Strength 339 Chapter 18 Isokinetic Testing and Training in Tennis 358 Chapter 19 Assessment and Training in Baseball 378 Chapter 20 Assessment for Football: Soccer, Australian Rules, and American 407 Chapter 21 Simulated Space Flight 429 Epilogue 446 Index 447 About the Editor 457.
Isokinetic Exercise and Assessment
Isokinetic Exercise and Assessment not only presents a scientific basis for the use of isokinetics, it also provides practical guidelines for applying isokinetics in clinical practice. This approach, plus the book's extensive normative value tables, makes it a suitable textbook and reference for students and practitioners of athletic training, physiotherapy, rehabilitation medicine, and strength training.
Isokinetics
In this fully revised third edition of Isokinetics: Muscle Testing, Interpretation and Clinical Applications, a group of international experts cover the main developments that have taken place in the field of isokinetics in the last 20 years. Isokinetic dynamometry is well recognized as the standard in assessing muscular strength status and particularly its variation following intervention. Key features of this Third Edition; New chapter on multiple joint isokinetic testing New chapter on isokinetic reconditioning in the clinical setting New chapter on isokinetics in neurological disorders New chapter on isokinetics in neuromuscular diseases New chapter on isokinetic testing and training in the elderly New chapter on isokinetic testing in children Isokinetics Third Edition provides a wealth of essential information for those especially concerned with the assessment of muscle function due to disease or injury and its rehabilitation. This fully revised book is essential reading for orthopedic and sports physicians, neurologists, physical therapists, exercise physiologists and related professionals who will find the 3rd edition an important clinical reference for their effective practice.