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    STUDIA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 4 / 2011  
         
  Article:   THE ASSESSEMENT OF MUSCULAR STRENGTH WITH ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETER EMPHASIZING THE GENDER DIFFERENCES.

Authors:  BULDUŞ CODRUŢA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The muscular strength is a fundamental property of human performance. Because of that, a large amount of empirical and scientific literature is devoted to its development and evaluation. Strength testing provides important information regarding human performance, by evaluating the effects of training, muscular fatigue, injury rehabilitation, muscular balance, or the functional abilities of different individuals. The purpose of the research is to establish the importance of evaluations, strength-test protocols and its variables, for a good understanding of the muscular strength gender differences and development of new methods of strength assessment. The study was made on 10 students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Cluj-Napoca, by assessing the strength of quadriceps muscle in isometric and isokinetic (eccentric and concentric) mode with a Kin-Com AP isokinetic dynamometer. The assessment included peak torque, average force, angle of peak torque, time to peak torque and the highest value of peak torque in both assessing modes: isometric and isokinetic.

Keywords: muscular strength, evaluation, isokinetic dynamometer, quadriceps muscle, isometric contractions. 		 
         
     
         
         
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