Common tests and metrics for clinical force plate application
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Selecting the appropriate tests during initial or ongoing assessments can often be a challenge. To make this process easier for you, we have created a mini reference guide for tests commonly used in clinical settings. See below for a reference guide for tests commonly used in clinical settings:
Geriatric / Fall Risk
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • General Force-Time Analysis | • Standing Weight Asymmetry % |
| • Isometric Test (Uni / Bilateral) | • Impulse Asymmetry %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Land and Hold (Uni / Bilateral – step onto plate) | • Time to Stabilisation• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Squat Assessment | • Concentric Impulse Asymmetry % • Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry % |
Hip / Knee Replacement
(Partial or Full replacement)
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • General Force-Time Analysis | • Standing Weight Asymmetry % |
| • Isometric Test (Uni / Bilateral) | • Impulse Asymmetry % • Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Land and Hold (Uni / Bilateral – step onto plate) | • Time to Stabilisation • Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Squat Assessment | • Concentric Impulse Asymmetry % • Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry % |
| • Hop and Return | • Contact Time • Peak Take Off Force Asymmetry % • Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
ACL Early Stage
(Reconstruction or Conservative Management)
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • General Force-Time Analysis | • Standing Weight Asymmetry % |
| • Isometric Test (Uni / Bilateral) | • Impulse Asymmetry %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Land and Hold (Uni / Bilateral – step onto plate) | •Time to Stabilisation• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Squat Assessment | • Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry % |
ACL Return to Play
(Reconstruction or Conservative Management)
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • Hop and Return | • Contact Time• Peak Take Off Force Asymmetry %• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Countermovement Jump | • Eccentric Deceleration RFD Asymmetry %• Eccentric Impulse %• Concentric Impulse %• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Drop Jump | • Contact Time• Eccentric Braking RFD Asymmetry %• Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• RSI (Jump height / Contact time) ALC• Jump Height |
| • Single Leg Drop Jump | • RSI (Jump height / Contact time)• Jump Height |
Rotator Cuff Repair
(Shoulder)
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • I-Y-T Test (ASH Test) | • Impulse Asymmetry %• Time to Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Push up Test | • Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry %• Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
Foot / Ankle Sprain
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • General Force-Time Analysis | • Standing Weight Asymmetry % |
| • Isometric Test (Uni / Bilateral)– Seated and Standing Calf Raise – IMTP | • Impulse Asymmety %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Land and Hold (Uni / Bilateral) | • Time to Stabilisation• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Squat Assessment | • Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry % |
| • Hop Test | • RSI (Jump height / contact time)• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • SL (single leg) Hop Test– Peak Force Asymmetry %– Contact Time Asymmetry % | • RSI (Jump height / contact time) |
Running / Injury prevention
| Test Type | Metrics |
| • General Force-Time Analysis | • Standing Weight Asymmetry % |
| • Isometric Test (Uni / Bilateral) | • Impulse Asymmetry %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
| • Land and Hold (Uni / Bilateral – step onto plate) | • Time to Stabilisation• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Squat Assessment | • Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• Eccentric Impulse Asymmetry % |
| • Hop and Return | • Contact Time• Peak Take Off Force Asymmetry %• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Counter movement Jump | • Contact Time• Eccentric Deceleration RFD Asymmetry %• Eccentric Impulse %• Concentric Impulse %• Peak Landing Force Asymmetry % |
| • Drop Jump | • Contact Time• Eccentric Braking RFD Asymmetry %• Concentric Impulse Asymmetry %• RSI (Jump height / contact time) |
| • IMTP (Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull) | • Impulse Asymmetry %• Peak Force Asymmetry % |
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