ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
Interlimb strength asymmetry is task-specific: moderate reliability but inconsistent limb dominance in multi-joint dynamometry.
Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Interlimb strength asymmetry is widely used in sports medicine and performance diagnostics, yet the reliability of asymmetry measures in multi-joint dynamometry, their velocity specificity, and the consistency of limb dominance remain unclear. This study examined the test-retest reliability of interlimb strength asymmetry derived from unilateral multi-joint isometric and isokinetic dynamometry and investigated whether limb dominance remains consistent across different knee angles and contraction velocities in recreationally active adults. Methods: Twenty-five recreationally active adults, engaging in 150-300 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week and full-body resistance training without participation in elite-level sports, performed unilateral leg press assessments at two isometric knee angles (100° and 140°) and two isokinetic velocities (30 and 600 mm·s⁻¹) in two separate sessions. Interlimb strength asymmetry was calculated from peak force. Directional asymmetry was determined by assigning a positive or negative sign to represent right- or left-leg dominance, respectively. Systematic differences between sessions were evaluated using paired-sample t-test. Reliability was assessed using single-measure intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM), minimum detectable change (MDC), kappa coefficients, and Bland-Altman analysis. Results: No significant systematic differences between sessions were detected ( Conclusions: These findings suggest that interlimb strength asymmetry in multi-joint dynamometry is task-specific, exhibiting considerable individual variability and limited stability of dominance. As measurement error frequently approached or exceeded commonly cited clinical thresholds (e.g., 10%-15%), practitioners should interpret asymmetry values cautiously and avoid relying on universal cutoffs for return-to-sport or performance decision-making.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.