title: The quantitative measurements of hip isometric muscle torques in Chinese young adults--a preliminary report.
abstract: A standard procedure for measurement of hip muscle strength (maximal isometric torque) with the Cybex 340 isokinetic dynamometer is presented. Twenty-two healthy males aged 30-40 years (average 34.3 years) were tested on hip flexors, extensors and abductors; in which the factors as sex, age, dominant side and testing session were all eliminated. The test was redone two weeks later on the same 10 males to evaluate its reproducibility. The results disclosed the maximal isometric torque of the hip flexors was stronger than that of extensors and abductors in both sides hips. The comparison between two sides hips showed only the abductors of right side hip significantly stronger than that of left side (P = 0.0259). The tests between the two different periods were quite compatible. The results have clinical implications for objective assessment of preoperative and postoperative hip strengths in patients with hip arthropathy and thus giving a reasonable guidance for physiotherapeutic management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006615:Hip / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009129:Muscle Tonus