RESULTS:
The sample consisted of 25 volunteers (60% female), with a mean (SD) age of 33.1 (13.4) years, body mass of 72.6 (18.3) kg and a height of 1.7 (0.1) m, all of which were right-handed (Table 2). Similar peak torque values were observed between the two methods, whereby the non-fixed method had with slightly greater peak torque values in relation to the fixed method ( Table 3). However, no statistical difference was found for these differences between the mean torques for any of the movements evaluated.
The reproducibility of the test and retest for the non-fixed method was categorized as almost perfect for all ten movements evaluated (Table 4). The Bland-Altman plot demonstrated a greater degree of agreement between the test and retest of the non-fixed method than that of the fixed method (Figure 1). The reliability followed a similar behavior, with higher inter-examiner ICC values for the non-fixed method when compared to the fixed method (Table 5). The only exception was the measurement of elbow extension where the fixed method had a higher score (ICC :0.81; 95% CI [0.17-0.96]) in comparison to the non-fixed method (ICC: 0.91 (95% CI [0.54-0.98]) (Figure 2).