Test-retest Reliability of a Standard Protocol on the Biodex Dynamometer

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Experimental Measure of Knee Extension Strength; Biodex Medical Systems III Dynamometer; Test-retest Reliability; Validity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01217684

ML 6404

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate test-retest reliability of a standard protocol on the Biodex dynamometer in older adults.

In addition, the test-retest reliability and validity of an experimental measure of knee extension strength will be assessed in older adults.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• +65 years old
• able to perform a maximal strength test on a dynamometer

Exclusion criteria

• pathologies that prohibit a maximal strength test on a dynamometer