Reliability of a New Instrument for Measuring Plantarflexor Muscle Strength Maria Örtqvist, PT, MSc, Elena M. Gutierrez-Farewik, PhD, Markus Farewik, BSc, Anna Jansson, PT, PhD, Åsa Bartonek, PT, PhD, Eva Broström, PT, PhD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 88, Issue 9, Pages 1164-1170 (September 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028 Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The SMC. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1164-1170DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Test design. Abbreviation: ID, isokinetic dynamometer. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1164-1170DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 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. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1164-1170DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 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). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1164-1170DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 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). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1164-1170DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.028) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions