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Quantifying Muscle Strength: Informing Joint Health, Muscle Performance and Return-To-Performance Decisions.

Isokinetic testing offers a precise and quantifiable measurement of muscle strength surrounding key joints in the body. It involves using specialized equipment - Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometry - that controls the speed of joint movement while measuring the force exerted by muscles. This assessment technique allows for a comparison with the opposite or healthy limb. A comparison to normative values is also possible, providing valuable information for evaluation purposes.

The benefits of our assessments include:

Identifying particular areas of weakness in terms of strength that require improvement
Guiding the design of data-driven exercise programmes
Facilitating a safe and effective rehabilitation process and return to optimal levels of functionality
Monitoring the progress and effectiveness of exercise interventions
Our advanced services offer additional analysis, graphical visualisations, and where possible comparisons against elite normative data compared to our basic services

Whether you aim to correct and restore muscular imbalances or minimise the risk of future injuries, our muscle strength assessment is the right diagnostic option for you. This assessment offers valuable insights for crafting personalised intervention plans to achieve optimal functioning in the affected limb within a shorter time frame. Regardless of your gender, age, or current level of functionality, you can benefit from this joint-specific muscle function analysis.

A comprehensive warm-up, equipment setup according to your measurements, and familiarisation before the assessment
Isolating the muscle group of interest and performing maximal muscle contractions at various speeds, including muscle shortening and lengthening (concentric and eccentric testing)
Assessing factors such as muscular strength, endurance, power, and range of motion in specific joints
Identifying imbalances in muscular strength by comparing the right and left limbs or injured and non-injured limbs through the analysis of the force-velocity relationship in different muscle groups

We offer a range of services to suit your needs:

Basic single-joint* isokinetic strength assessment (e.g., knee) at two predefined speeds - £180
Basic two-joint* isokinetic assessment (e.g., knee and ankle) at two predefined speeds - £240

All basic services provide relevant strength data at the specified speeds, including a comparison with the opposite limb and baseline measurements where possible:

Advanced single-joint* isokinetic strength assessment (e.g., knee) at two predefined speeds - £230
Advanced two-joint* isokinetic strength assessment (e.g., knee and ankle) at two predefined speeds - £290

Our advanced services enhance the basic options by providing:

Additional analysis, graphical visualizations, and tailored recommendations beyond the standard isokinetic system report
Temporal analysis of angle-specific torque profiles
Potential benchmarking against elite normative data for knee joint strength assessment

*Single-joint assessments take 45 minutes, while for two-joint assessments please allow 90 minutes

Book your consultation

Please book your assessment with us by clicking the link below.

If you need additional help to understand if this sport science service is suitable for your needs, then please contact us.

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Person undergoing supervised Isokinetic testing

Person undergoing unsupervised Isokinetic testing

Biomechanics Analysis of Running and Isokinetic Strength Testing

Human movement Lab is a state of the art facility that boasts cutting edge technologies. The biomechanical analysis running can help improve performance and prevent injuries while isokinetic strength testing can determine muscle performance and aid in return to performance decisions. The services are located at the Carnegie School of Sport, which is a part of Leeds Beckett University. The health and performance hub has a team of academic experts and researchers who specialise in clinical and sport biomechanics. Whether you are a recreational, competitive or professional athlete, they will help you interpret your data and cater to your individual needs. The Lab offers an array of sophisticated equipment, including high speed cameras and motion capture systems which accurately record human movements comprehensive technical analysis of your running gait. The lab also includes an isokinetic dynamometer, which measures joint and muscle function to assist in both rehabilitation and injury screening. The instrumented treadmill at the lab provides valuable data by recording ground reaction forces in walking and running such as impact force, step length, and contact time, we can use the measurements from the treadmill to identify your running style, and suggest what you can work on to improve performance or reduce the risk of injury. Additionally, the isokinetic dynamometer can precisely evaluate muscle strength to inform injury risk or recovery, providing information about muscle imbalances, and a range of speeds used in sport. The dynamometer is set up to isolate specific muscle groups so we can precisely identify strengths and weaknesses as part of injury assessments, and helping sports people return to play. Data from the biomechanical analysis of running an isokinetic testing can be benchmarked against the normal ranges found in similar sports people allowing us to highlight easily where there might be issues and can complement and enhance physiotherapy services. So whether you're a recreational or professional athlete, sports scientist, coach or physiotherapist, we interpret the results you receive to enhance performance help prevent injuries and support the recovery process. To find out more about how the advanced data we provide can empower you to make better informed training decisions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team of experts. If you'd like to have your running gait evaluated or perform isokinetic testing, please schedule an appointment with one of our specialists through our website.

work with industry experts

Dr Josh Walker

Senior Lecturer / Carnegie School of Sport

Josh, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics is an expert in muscle-tendon mechanics and long-term responses to loading and injury. He specializes in conducting isokinetic strength assessments for research and consulting purposes for athletic and general populations, with a focus on lower limb injuries, and has over seven years of experience.