Reliability of the hand-held dynamometer during hip isometric strength testing both with and without a stabilization strap

Megan Q. Beard; Samantha A. Boland; Phillip A. Gribble

doi:10.1123/ijatt.2018-0083

Reliability of the hand-held dynamometer during hip isometric strength testing both with and without a stabilization strap

Megan Q. Beard, Samantha A. Boland, Phillip A. Gribble

Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition

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Abstract

Decreased hip strength is often present in patients with chronic overuse lower extremity injuries. The hand-held dynamometer (HHD) can be used in a clinical setting to quantify hip strength; however, reliability of the device remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the interexaminer and intersession reliability of a HHD when measuring isometric hip abduction (HABD) and external rotation (HER) strength, both with and without a fixed strap. The HHD had good to high reliability regardless of examiner, session, or stabilization when measuring HABD (ICC = 0.885–0.977) and HER (ICC = 0.879–0.958) isometric strength. HHD is an appropriate instrument for measuring isometric hip strength.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-42
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.2018-0083
State	Published - 2020

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Keywords

Abduction
External rotation
Interexaminer
Intersession

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

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