Isokinetic Muscle Strength Training
The Best Muscle Strength Training Method
How to deal with muscle strength decline and limited range of motion caused by stroke, trauma, osteoarticular disease, spinal cord injury and other diseases? What’s the best rehabilitation method for muscle strength training?
Isokinetic training, also called adjustable resistance training or constant angular velocity training, is a training method that uses special instrument to allow the joint to move in a preset speed. During the training process, the training instrument will provide corresponding resistance according to the changes in the patient's muscle strength during exercise.
Isokinetics
※Greek language: ‘iso’ and ’kinsesis’
※ Constant movement = constant speed
※ Unique form of dynamic resistance training
※ Isokinetic concept developed in late 1960’s
※ Compare with traditional exercise
-traditional: fixed weight -- variable speed
-isokinetics: fixed speed - variable resistance
Isokinetics – advantages
※Safety
- Range of motion limits
- Strength limits
- Variable resistance-controlled speed
※Efficiency
- Adaption to strength ability in different joint angles optimal muscle loading
- Reproducibility
- Isokinetic strength tests are objective - safe – reliable – valid according to requirements for evidence based medicine assessment
Isokinetic Training Protocols – knee joint
Training 1 - Build up muscle strength / intermuscular Coordination Training
Training 2 - Build up muscle strength / intermuscular Coordination Training
Training 3 - Build up muscle strength and endurance
Training 4 - Max Strength training – Hypertrophy
Training 5 - Build up muscle strength - Extension training in limited ROM (0-30/40)
Isokinetic Training Protocols – shoulder joint ER/IR
Training 1 - Build up muscle strength / intermuscular Coordination Training
Training 2 - Build up muscle strength / intermuscular Coordination Training
Training 3 - Hypertrophy training
Post time: Dec-01-2021