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Unlocking Performance: Top 4 Essential Force Plate Strength Tests

force plate imtp research May 16, 2023

Originally developed in the 1960's for biomechanics research in elite sports, force plates have emerged as invaluable tools in an athletic setting, providing objective data to optimize high performance and identify potential injury risks. With advancements in technology and increased accessibility, portable force plates such as the AxIT Stomp-IT are now finding their way into everyday health and fitness settings, allowing technology previously only available to million-dollar sports teams and university laboratories to empower practitioners and individuals alike.

If you haven't had the opportunity to experience the incredible benefits of incorporating smart force plates like AxIT Stomp-IT into your health and fitness practice, this blog is here to change that! Get ready to explore the Top 4 Strength Tests that can be performed using force plates and discover why they are an absolute game-changer for your clients.

Why use Force Plates and Isometric Strength Testing?

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Jump Mats Vs Force Plates: The Definitive Comparison

Uncategorized Apr 06, 2023

Are you an everyday health and fitness practitioner looking to improve your client's performance outcomes? Jump mats and force plates are two popular tools that can be used to measure and assess various aspects of athletic performance. However, with so many options available, it can be difficult to determine which tool is the best fit for your needs.

In this blog, we will compare the pros and cons of jump mats and force plates for everyday health and fitness practitioners, so you can make an informed decision on which tool is the right choice for you and your clients. We'll discuss the benefits and limitations of each tool, and provide guidance on how to choose the right tool for your specific goals and budget.

So, whether you're a personal trainer, coach, or physical therapist, read on to learn more about the differences between jump mats and force plates and how they can be used to improve athletic performance.

Jump Mats:

Pros:

Portable: Jump mats are generally more...

Revolutionize Your GLA:D Program with AxIT

Uncategorized Mar 12, 2023

Are you a practitioner providing GLA:D services? Since its development GLA:D has been shown to be effective in reducing pain, improving function, and increasing quality of life for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis. It has also been shown to reduce the need for surgery in some cases.

As part of the GLA:D program, several assessments are used to evaluate the patient's progress and guide the exercise program. These assessments include:

Patient-reported outcomes: Patients complete a series of questionnaires to evaluate pain, function, and quality of life before and after the program. The questionnaires include the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) or Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and EQ-5D-5L.
Physical performance tests: Patients undergo several physical performance tests to evaluate their functional ability and identify areas for improvement. These tests include the 30-second chair stand test, 40-meter fast-paced walk test, and...

Why you should be using a muscle dynamometer

axit Feb 12, 2023

Muscle dynamometry in the health and fitness industry is not new, in fact the first examples of muscle dynamometers date back to the late 1700’s. Since those times these devices have advanced extensively in their accuracy, portability and automation in the assessment workflows for health and fitness professionals to the point where AxIT’s Push-IT and Pull-IT dynamometers can quickly assess a client's isometric strength, indicate where their clients results lie according to evidence based references, track their progression over time and seamlessly transcribe this assessment data into client management software.

So if you are not already using a muscle dynamometer here is all the information you need to know.

What is a muscle dynamometer?

A muscle dynamometer such as the AxIT Push-IT and Pull-IT are a device that is used to measure the strength of a person's muscles. Dynamometers are commonly used in sports medicine, rehabilitation, and research to assess the health...

Why you should be using portable force plates like Stomp-IT

axit Jan 10, 2023

Not long ago force plate technology was seen as something only accessible to million dollar sporting institutions or university bio-mechanics labs and may cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to acquire. Now as the technology becomes more accessible and affordable such as with the AxIT Stomp-IT, many every day health and fitness professionals are starting to use portable force plates in their businesses to help better understand their clients movement function and performance.

What are portable force plates?

Portable force plates are devices that are used to measure the force exerted by a person's body on a surface. Portable force plates are designed to be lightweight and portable, so they can be easily transported and used in a variety of settings. They typically consist of a flat platform with load cell sensors that measure the forces applied to the platform, and they can provide a detailed analysis of a person's weight distribution, force application and movement...

New Release 2.10.12

axit Oct 15, 2022

AxITs new version 2.10.12 brings some new exciting features to bring your assessment into the 21st century.

CSV Data Export

Exporting individual or group testing data as CSV is now available to make it even easier to:

Compare testing results within a group or sports team.
Import data into your own testing dashboard.
Export data for research purposes.

Don't have your own assessment dashboard?

Download the free SBN Testing Dashboard template here to use for all your AxIT and non AxIT testing data.

10/5 Repeat Jump And Hop Test

The 10/5 Repeated Jump and Hop add a new reliable and valid test to the AxIT System Stomp-IT dual portable force plate, and is primarily used to measure the Reactive Strength Index or RSI of an athletic individual to assess their ability to rapidly change from eccentric to concentric motions and plyometric performance.

Strength And Power Testing Research Review 2021

Uncategorized Dec 21, 2021

2021 was an eventful year.

Not only for the significant happenings around the globe, but it was also a bumper year for strength and power testing research.

In fact if this image is anything to go by 2021 was the year that the most research ever has been performed into strength and power testing, and it looks like 2022 will surpass that too.

So as another year draws to a close we've decided to look back on 2021 as to our favorite pieces of research surrounding strength and power assessment.

1. Strength Testing Still Proves To Be Reliable.

Assessment of Isometric Knee Flexor Strength Using Hand-Held Dynamometry in High-Level Rugby Players Is Intertester Reliable

"Conclusions: In strong high-level rugby players, hand-held dynamometry for isometric knee flexor strength assessment in prone 0/15 degrees and supine 90/90 degrees position is intertester reliable."

Often health and fitness professionals have concerns that using instrumented strength testing may be unreliable....

Strength testing for seniors

Uncategorized Nov 17, 2021

Strength testing is only for athletes right?

Wrong.

While naturally, we think of million-dollar athletes when strength testing is mentioned, every individual regardless of their age, gender, and the activities that they do requires some strength capacity to be able to do the tasks that make up their daily lives.

Older individuals are some of the most common client types that health and fitness professionals deal with on a daily basis, yet for some reason, we often don’t assume performance testing is relevant for them. Yet these older individuals are often still physically active, doing activities and hobbies they enjoy in their later years.

In this blog we're going to explore why strength testing is important to geriatrics and some of the considerations you should have when choosing strength testing equipment.

What happens to strength as we age.

It is well appreciated that as we age, we lose some of the mobility that we once had. Joints and muscles become stiffer and...

How to test Rotator Cuff strength in throwing athletes.

research rotator cuff Oct 21, 2021

The ICC T20 World Cup is underway and thousands of throwing actions will take place over the next 4 weeks.

Did you know, at peak rotation, maximum humeral internal rotation velocity during throwing may reach 7500 to 7700 degrees per second (Seroyer et al 2010)? That’s approximately 4 times faster than a helicopter's rotor spins.

It’s no wonder then that some of the cricketers taking part in the ICC T20 World Cup this month need to have strong and functional rotator cuff muscles to generate and tolerate the forces involved in throwing.

How do the rotator cuff muscles work when throwing?

The above from Oyama 2012 illustrates the complexity of the throwing action and the demand on the tissues.

From this we can see that the shoulder forces acting on the shoulder work in a deceleration - acceleration - deceleration pattern. It may also be surprising to see that the rotator cuff works mostly to compress the shoulder joint and provide stability during these movements,...

Building Bullet Proof Hamstrings With Strength Testing

Uncategorized Sep 10, 2021

Grand finals are upon us and regardless of the code 2021 has been a challenging year for most teams, with success seemingly depending on a war of attrition against injury amongst clubs.

As usual, the most common non-contact injury remains the hamstring strain and is responsible for the most games missed for most teams

Unfortunately, these injuries are not exclusive to professional players, with many semi-professional and amateur sportspeople also missing portions of the season due to these complaints which can also be a determinant for whether or not a season is a success.

So with all the money that is poured into professional sport, surely we have a better understanding of how we can avoid hamstring injuries and help players stay out on the field?

What do the hamstring muscles do?

If you’ve ever read an anatomy textbook then you probably said “flex the knee”, and while you are partly right it probably does not tell the full story.

Typically...

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Unlocking Performance: Top 4 Essential Force Plate Strength Tests

Why use Force Plates and Isometric Strength Testing?

Jump Mats Vs Force Plates: The Definitive Comparison

Jump Mats:

Pros:

Revolutionize Your GLA:D Program with AxIT

Why you should be using a muscle dynamometer

What is a muscle dynamometer?

Why you should be using portable force plates like Stomp-IT

What are portable force plates?

New Release 2.10.12

CSV Data Export

10/5 Repeat Jump And Hop Test

Strength And Power Testing Research Review 2021

1. Strength Testing Still Proves To Be Reliable.

Assessment of Isometric Knee Flexor Strength Using Hand-Held Dynamometry in High-Level Rugby Players Is Intertester Reliable

Strength testing for seniors

What happens to strength as we age.

How to test Rotator Cuff strength in throwing athletes.

How do the rotator cuff muscles work when throwing?

Building Bullet Proof Hamstrings With Strength Testing

What do the hamstring muscles do?

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