Strength Assessment and Physiotherapy Blog
Streamline Testing, Optimize Recovery with KINVENT Sessions
A practical, step-by-step guide
For too long, physical therapists (PTs) and others have had to depend on analog tools and manual muscle testing (MM...
Ready to Invest in Biofeedback Equipment? Here’s How to Balance Cost & Quality
For physiotherapists, manual muscle testing (MMT) has long reigned supreme. The method, which requires physical therapists (PTS) and other practiti...
How to Choose the Right Handheld Dynamometer for Your Practice
Learn how five popular push handheld dynamometers compare
For over a century, handheld dynamometers (HHDs) have been used to quantifiably measure ...
Electromyography for Athletic Trainers
Electromyography (EMG) measures a muscle’s response to gentle electrical currents. For decades, EMG has been used by doctors, physical therapists a...
How to Choose the Right Force Plates for Your Practice
Learn how popular dual, uniaxial, portable force plates compare so you can assess which model is best suited to your practice.
Force plates (also k...
Practicing Shared Decision Making in Physical Therapy
Learn how to increase PT patient engagement with the KINVENT Physio App.
Keeping patients engaged in the physical therapy process – and encouraging...
How to Choose the Correct Hand Dynamometers for Your Practice
Learn how popular hydraulic hand dynamometers compare to digital and Bluetooth counterparts and assess which one is best for your clients
Hand dyna...
Optimize Athletic Performance, Prevent Injury with KINVENT Digital Biofeedback Devices
Athletic trainers play a vital role in helping athletes reach their performance goals – and stay healthy while doing so. As trainers know, performa...
KINVENT E-Book: How Physical Therapists Can Use Evidence-Based Practice to Drive Improved Health Outcomes
For decades, the field of physiotherapy has been largely confined to the subjective realm. “Manual muscle testing,” which requires physical therapi...
Return to Sport Webinar: Comparing Two Body Types on the Basketball Court
We're excited to announce our upcoming webinar with orthopedic and sports physical therapist Dr. Leon Knight. Knight will discuss how he assesses t...
Study: KINVENT K-Pull a Reliable Tool for Measuring Quadriceps Strength After ACL Reconstruction
A recent study found the KINVENT K-Pull is not only a reliable alternative to the HUMAC NORM Cybex when it comes to rehabilitating reconstructed AC...
Guest Blog: The Benefits of Bluetooth Force Plates in Upper Body Injury Rehabilitation
By Dr. Nate Harris
In my journey to becoming the owner of a sports physical therapy practice in Charleston, South Carolina, I have had to wear many...
Introducing KINVENT K-Myo
Easily measure muscle activation and fatigue with KINVENT’s latest product, K-Myo
Physical therapists, sports medicine practitioners and neurologis...
Case Study Part II: KINVENT Brings Pro Level Training & Preventive Injury Care to All
Part Two: Digital Force Plates Enhance Accuracy & Patient Experience
When South Carolina-based sports physical therapist, Dr. Nate Harris, open...
Case Study: KINVENT Brings Pro Level Training & Preventive Injury Care to All
Part One: Bluetooth-Enabled Tools Streamline Testing
When Dr. Nate Harris worked as a staff physical therapist for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seatt...
KINVENT E-Book: CMJ Testing with K-Deltas Force Plates
Countermovement jump (CMJ) tests are a bread-and-butter exercise in the physical therapy and athletic conditioning worlds.
While the test is routin...
How KINVENT Solves Physical Therapy Issues & FAQ
Measuring hand grip strength, balance and range of motion is critical, but many physical therapists have had no way to accurately capture and save ...
Case Study: Professor Uses KINVENT to Educate Next Generation of Physical Therapy Technicians
Luke Baumgartner, a trained physiologist and exercise, sport and movement sciences instructor at the University of Memphis, has spent his career se...
Introducing KINVENT Portable & Professional Force Plates
Force plates from KINVENT provide physical therapists and sports medicine practitioners a powerful new way to measure recovery, health and strength...
A Better Method of Predicting the Risk of Death from Cardiovascular Disease May be at Hand
It’s amazing what something as simple as a hand squeeze can reveal about your health.
Hand grip strength (HGS) – a measurement of the force exerte...
