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weight training
(redirected from Isokinetic exercises)

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weight training

System of conditioning involving lifting weights, especially for strength and endurance. It may include the use of barbells and dumbbells, a Nautilus or similar machines, or a combination of these. Athletes use it to improve their performance, nonathletes use it for general conditioning or bodybuilding, and those recovering from an injury may use it as part of an overall rehabilitation program.


weight training
physical exercise involving lifting weights to improve muscle performance


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Durand et al, however, referred to evidence by Moffet et al (11) showing that physical therapy consisting of a home exercise program combined with 9 supervised treatments (including electrotherapy, ice, and compression followed by isometric and isokinetic exercises and bicycle ergometry) promotes faster recovery from the deficits found in their study.
Isometric and isokinetic exercises were done using a Kin-Cam dynamometer (Hardware Version 125E Plus, Software Version 3.
It has been several years since the last anthology on isokinetic exercise was published, and Perrin provides the reader with not only a comprehensive background on the history and development of isokinetics, but a variety of clinical applications of isokinetic exercises.
 
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