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Students and practitioners will benefit from the clinical applications of isokinetic exercise and assessment that are covered in Part II. This section presents isokinetic protocols and normative value tables for the major joints of the body. These comprehensive tables list peak torque values, reciprocal muscle group ratios, test reliability coefficients, and other isokinetic data that have been gathered from a variety of athletic and sedentary populations--both male and female, and over a range of ages.

Readers will find that the approach taken in this book--integrating theory and practice--will empower them to grow as isokinetic practitioners. Once they learn how to interpret and effectively use the normative data standards and protocols provided, they'll be able to go one step further and design their own protocols.

Isokinetic Exercise and Assessment includes over 70 photos depicting joint ranges of motion and test positions for the more popular dynamometers. It also provides general guidelines to follow when purchasing an isokinetic dynamometer.

In addition to being an excellent text for students of rehabilitation and sports medicine, this book is a handy reference for exercise physiologists, biomechanists, and anyone who seekque CurÿG
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The Shoulder Joint ð The Elbow Joint ð The Wrist Joint ð Functional Movement Patterns ð Reliability of Upper Extremity Assessment

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Perrin is an associate professor at the University of Virginia, where he has been the director of graduate athletic training education and research since 1986. He received his MA in athletic training from Indiana State University in 1977 and his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. Perrin is the founding editor of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation and has served on the editorial boards of several other publications. He is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Perrin's leisure interests include running, biking, and vacationing at his lake cottage in Vermont.

WORDS OF PRAISE

"A well-written and thoroughly documented resource. The author has taken a comprehensive approach to isokinetic exercise that provides the reader with sound theoretical bases from which to design developmental and rehabilitative protocols using isokinetic apparatus. He's has made excellent use of figures and tables in elaborating the text. Of particular value are the assessment tables which not only provide equipment reliability data but also an integrated analysis of isokinetic measurements from populations with various orthopedic conditions. This information has not been prepared and presented previously in such a comprehensive, organized and readable manner."

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Passive and Active Dynamometry ð Comparisonrage, Peak, and Angle-Specific Torque ð Power and Work ð Concentric and Eccentric Contraction ð Normaarmup ð Body Position, Stabilization, and Joint Alignment ð Gravity Correction ð The Ovonships ð Peak Torque Relative to Body Weight ð Bilateral Muscle Group Comparisons ð Reciprocal Muscle Grtion of Isokinetic Instrumentation

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