The use of isokinetic dynamometry in training and diagnostics of the muscles surrounding the knee and hip for performance optimization, injury prevention and rehabilitation.
| Project management: | Tobias Alt (OSP Westphalia) |
| Collaborators: | Prof. Dr. Thomas Jaitner |
| Client: | - |
| Duration: | 2017 until today |
Goals and contents
Isokinetic dynamometry is considered the gold standard for standardized diagnostics of the strength capabilities of different muscle groups. In recent years, eccentric strengthening and diagnostics have gained enormous importance in competitive sports. These two components also play a major role in recreational and health sports in injury prevention and rehabilitation. The present project deals with the training and diagnostics of the knee (knee extensors & flexors) and hip circumflex (hip flexors) musculature in competitive (mainly bobsleigh, track and field, handball) and recreational athletes (mainly cruciate ligament patients) aged 14-40 years. The main focus is on performance optimization, injury prevention and rehabilitation. Using practical joint angle positions, contraction modes and evaluation parameters, training, prevention and rehabilitation measures will be accompanied and their effectiveness reliably and validly tested.
Notes
Thematically linked publications: Alt, T., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2014). Factors influencing the reproducibility of isokinetic knee flexion and extension test findings. Isokinetics and Exercise Science; 22(4), 333-342. Alt, T., Richert, M., Schwarz, Y. M., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2016). Minimal fixation suffices for supine isokinetic knee extension: A kinetic and 3D kinematic analysis. Isokinetics and Exercise Science; 24(4), 301-311. Alt, T., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2017). The dynamic control ratio at the equilibrium point (DCRe): Introducing relative and absolute reliability scores. Journal of Sports Sciences; 35(7), 688-693. Alt, T., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2017). The effects of angular velocity and training status on the Dynamic Control Equilibrium. Sports Medicine International Open; 1(1), E23 - E27. Alt, T., Nodler, Y. T., Severin, J., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2017). Velocity-specific and time-dependent adaptations following a standardized Nordic Hamstring Exercise training. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports; Epub ahead of print. Alt, T., Severin, J., Nodler, Y. T., Horn, D., El-Edrissi, O., Knicker, A. J. & Strüder, H. K. (2017). Kinematic analysis of isokinetic knee flexor and extensor tests. Isokinetics and Exercise Science; Epub ahead of print.