sports performance lab
BIODEX System 4 Pro™
The Sports Performance Laboratory at Narrabeen contains a Biodex System 4 isokinetic strength dynamometer.
Isokinetic strength testing provides objective data relating to the force generating capacity of the musculature through the full range of motion of any major joint in the body, including the ankle, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow.
Isokinetic strength testing provides a safe and controlled method to isolate target muscles for assessment with a constant movement velocity. This assessment method provides agonist-antagonist strength ratios (paired muscle groups on the same limb) which can be compared to normative data. Furthermore, isokinetic testing can identify side-to-side asymmetries in strength, which has implications for soft-tissue injury risk.
Isokinetic strength testing is not limited to the domain of assessing performance in athletes; there are an array of applications for strength assessment including injury rehabilitation and post-surgery assessment of recovery, physical capacity screening for older adults, and occupational readiness for industry/the workplace.
The data obtained from isokinetic strength testing is beneficial for athletes, coaches, physiotherapists, sports scientists, exercise physiologists and a range of other allied health professionals.
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BIODEX Balance System SD
The Biodex Balance System SD has been designed to meet the needs of everyone looking to improve balance, increase agility, develop muscle tone and treat a wide variety of pathologies. Featuring easy-to-follow “touch-screen” operation, the Balance System SD is simple to learn and operate, leading the user step-by-step through testing protocols and training modes in both static and dynamic formats. Extremely versatile, it is the only system that provides a fast, accurate Fall Risk Screening and Conditioning Program for older adults; closed-chain, weight-bearing assessment and training for lower extremity patients; and adds the objective balance assessment component to a concussion management program.
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