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Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults.

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Clark, NC; Akins, JS; Heebner, NR; Sell, TC; Abt, JP; Lovalekar, M; Lephart, SM
Published in: Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
March 2016

Proprioception is important because it is used by the central nervous system to mediate muscle control of joint stability, posture, and movement. Knee active joint position sense (AJPS) is one representation of knee proprioception. The purpose of this study was to establish the intra-tester, inter-session, test-retest reliability of concentric-to-isometric (seated knee extension; prone knee flexion) and eccentric-to-isometric (seated knee flexion; prone knee extension) knee AJPS tests in uninjured adults.Descriptive.University laboratory.Six males, six females (age 26.2 ± 5.7 years; height 171.1 ± 9.6 cm; mass 71.1 ± 16.6 kg).Mean absolute error (AE; °); intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (2,1); standard error of measurement (SEM; °).Mean AE ranged from 3.18° to 5.97° across tests. The ICCs and SEMs were: seated knee extension 0.13, 1.3°; prone knee flexion 0.51, 1.2°; seated knee flexion 0.31, 1.7°; prone knee extension 0.87, 1.4°.The prone knee flexion and prone knee extension tests demonstrated moderate to good reliability. Prone knee flexion and prone knee extension AJPS tests may be useful in cross-sectional studies estimating how proprioception contributes to knee functional joint stability or prospective studies estimating the role of proprioception in the onset of knee injury.

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Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine

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EISSN

1873-1600

ISSN

1466-853X

Publication Date

March 2016

Volume

18

Start / End Page

38 / 45

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Sport Sciences
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Reference Values
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Prospective Studies
  • Proprioception
  • Posture
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Muscle Strength Dynamometer
 

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Clark, N. C., Akins, J. S., Heebner, N. R., Sell, T. C., Abt, J. P., Lovalekar, M., & Lephart, S. M. (2016). Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults. Physical Therapy in Sport : Official Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, 18, 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2015.06.005
Clark, Nicholas C., Jonathan S. Akins, Nicholas R. Heebner, Timothy C. Sell, John P. Abt, Mita Lovalekar, and Scott M. Lephart. “Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults.Physical Therapy in Sport : Official Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine 18 (March 2016): 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2015.06.005.
Clark NC, Akins JS, Heebner NR, Sell TC, Abt JP, Lovalekar M, et al. Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults. Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. 2016 Mar;18:38–45.
Clark, Nicholas C., et al. “Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults.Physical Therapy in Sport : Official Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, vol. 18, Mar. 2016, pp. 38–45. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2015.06.005.
Clark NC, Akins JS, Heebner NR, Sell TC, Abt JP, Lovalekar M, Lephart SM. Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults. Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. 2016 Mar;18:38–45.
Journal cover image

Published In

Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1873-1600

ISSN

1466-853X

Publication Date

March 2016

Volume

18

Start / End Page

38 / 45

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Sport Sciences
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Reference Values
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Prospective Studies
  • Proprioception
  • Posture
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Muscle Strength Dynamometer