A Test-Retest Criterion for Isometric Strength Testing

Isometric strength testing has commonly been used to evaluate human strength capability. Recently it has been proposed by NIOSh as a form of administrative control for injury prevention. Historically, the number of trials used for each person-test combination has been arbitrarily selected and is oft...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Human Factors Society annual meeting 1984-10, Vol.28 (5), p.455-459
Hauptverfasser: Stobbe, Terrence J., Plummer, Ralph W.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Isometric strength testing has commonly been used to evaluate human strength capability. Recently it has been proposed by NIOSh as a form of administrative control for injury prevention. Historically, the number of trials used for each person-test combination has been arbitrarily selected and is often undocumented. This paper proposes a criterion for isometric testing and reports some results from using this criterion.
ISSN:1541-9312
0163-5182
2169-5067
DOI:10.1177/154193128402800516