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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Jones, Thomas W.a | Howatson, Glyna; b | Russell, Marka | French, Duncan N.a
Affiliations: [a] Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | [b] Water Research Group, School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Note: [] Corresponding author: Duncan N. French, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Northumberland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK. E-mail: duncan.french@northumbria.ac.uk
Abstract: BACKGROUND: There are few standardised assessments of unilateral muscular endurance and little data examining the validity and reproducibility of isokinetic unilateral muscular endurance performance measures. OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity and reproducibility of an isokinetic assessment of lower limb unilateral muscular endurance performance. METHODS: Thirty individuals (15 endurance trained and 15 non-endurance trained) repeated a time to exhaustion (TTE) based endurance protocol on separate days. Procedures were conducted on an isokinetic dynamometer and involved leg extension through 135° of the dominant leg. The TTE protocol required participants to perform unilateral isokinetic leg extensions at 60% of individual maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) until the specified intensity and frequency could not be maintained. RESULTS: The endurance trained individuals reached significantly greater TTE than their non-endurance trained counterparts (P< 0.001). Systemic bias was small (< 5%) and measures were similar between trials. Test-retest reproducibility statistics were as follows; CV: 6.9%; LOA −170.1 to 139.5; RLOA: −0.320 ×/÷ 0.257. Relative reproducibility statistics were tight between trials (significant correlation P< 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Data demonstrate the validity and tight test-retest reproducibility of the aforementioned assessment of unilateral muscular endurance performance.
Keywords: Force production, unilateral, MVC, time to exhaustion, repeatability
DOI: 10.3233/IES-130502
Journal: Isokinetics and Exercise Science, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 311-316, 2013
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