Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Author ORCID Identifier

Brennan J. Thompson https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-8755

Volume

7

Publisher

Frontiers Research Foundation

Publication Date

2-4-2025

Journal Article Version

Version of Record

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

Isokinetic dynamometry is commonly used to provide an objective and reliable assessment of muscle function across a variety of clinical, athletic and research settings. Important muscle function variables that are commonly assessed are torque- and power-related measures. Isokinetic mode is overwhelmingly used to provide these variables, and has been so for decades; however, this mode may not be the best suited to examine power variables. The article aims to explore this issue through conceptual evaluation and empirical results using unpublished data. The implication is that due to the almost complete lack of unique information that power provides additional to torque in isokinetic mode, the isotonic mode is better suited to assess power for functional, operational, and methodological reasons. Thus, muscle function tests on an isokinetic dynamometer provide more fitting and useful data when isokinetic mode is used to determine torque measures, and isotonic mode is used to provide power measures.

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