Affiliations: [a] Department of Morphological Sciences and Surgery,
School of Medicine, Alcalá University, Madrid, Spain
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Dr. Ana Slocker de Arce, Department
of Morphological Sciences and Surgery, School of Medicine, Alcalá University,
Carretera Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600, Alcalá de Henares, E-288-71 Madrid,
Spain. Tel.: +91 8854876; Fax: +91 8854593; E-mail: ana.slocker@uah.es
Abstract: Sixty healthy young volunteers were tested bilaterally in order to
determine the angle of peak torque (APT) during flexion and extension of the
knee at velocities of 60°/s and
120°/s. No differences in laterality were observed in
the APT, except for flexion in females, where this angle was greater on the
right side at both velocities. In males, the extensor muscle group reached the
peak torque sooner than the flexor group at both velocities. In addition, in
extension and for both velocities, men reached the APT earlier than women. Thus
muscle and gender have an effect on the APT.
