Isokinetic Performance Enhancement

This text bridges the gap between the clinical and applied practice power. The book highlights studies in a variety of areas of isokinetic research, including functional applications, unique populations and limitations. Students will gain a historical perspective on isokinetic research through an overview of isokinetic dynamometry and examination of its evolution.

Table of Contents:
Test interpretation; specificity of training modes; correlations with athletic performance; assessment; load orange; three dimensional mapping; upper extremity; lower extremity; closed kinetic chain; control of voluntary contraction force; eccentrics; functional lift limits; spine cardiovascular effects; youth; ageing; females; tennis; baseball; football, soccer, Australian rules and American; simulated space flight.

About the Author :
Prior to assuming his current position as Department of Health Sciences Laboratory coordinator at Florida Atlantic University, Lee E. Brown, MEd, CSCS, began his career in teaching, coaching, consulting, and directing research and rehabilitation services in 1984. Since 1990, he has conducted isokinetic research. Coauthor of numerous professional journal articles and abstracts and a frequent presenter at conferences in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands Antilles, Brown has also coedited one other text. In addition, he is on the board of directors of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Currently a doctoral candidate in educational leadership at Florida Atlantic University, Brown attained his MEd in exercise science from Florida Atlantic University. Brown resides in Coconut Creek, Florida with his wife Theresa. In his leisure time he enjoys trapshooting, running, and cycling.

Review :
Lee Brown has provided the most comprehensive text in isokinetics to date. Each chapter was written by an authority and researcher in strength and conditioning. A unique aspect of the text is that it not only deals with the application of isokinetics to exercise testing, training, and rehabilitation, but also the limitations of isokinetic dynamometry. Clinicians, students and researchers will find the numerous references a valuable resource. Terry J. Housh, Ph.D. Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln An excellent review of isokinetic exercise and testing with the unique perspective of performance parameters. I would highly recommend the text to anyone in the exercise science, fitness, or rehab field. Dan Wathen, MS, ATC, CSCS, NSCA-CPT Head Athletic Trainer, Youngstown State University Lifetime Achievement Award from NSCA This is going to be an invaluable source of information for generations of students in many areas including physical therapy, athletic training, aging, and basic movement science. The chapters cover an amazingly wide spectrum of issues ranging from methodology to basic science, and to applications in clinical and athletic training areas. Mark Latash, Ph.D. Penn State University, Professor Lee Brown and his colleagues have organized a combination of chapters that will enable individuals with little previous experience in dynamic neuromuscular testing in humans to understand the advantages as well as the limits of isokinetic measurement and the current issues that need to be resolved. V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D. University of California, Professor