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Clinical Measurement Dialogue

To the Editor:

The article "Clinical Uses of Isokinetic Measurements: Critical Issues," by Rothstein, Lamb, and Mayhew (December 1987), deals with many thought-provoking concepts. We believe it is imperative that clinicians use isokinetic information in an appropriate fashion. Many of the problems in this area arise from the "blind acceptance" of statements or numeric values.

Isokinetic data are useful only in conjunction with a clinical correlation. We emphasized this in our article on knee rehabilitation in the December 1980 issue of Physical Therapy. That article was based on our experience with several thousand patients suffering from knee pathologies, and presented "empirical data, rather than ... controlled laboratory study." Our recommendations for the use of isokinetic results have been taken out of context by the authors of the present article.

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Clinical Uses of Isokinetic Measurements: Critical Issues

Jules M Rothstein, Robert L Lamb, and Thomas P Mayhew
Physical Therapy 1987 67: 1840-1844. [Abstract] [PDF]