Measuring Up: Do Hand-Held Dynamometers and Force Plates Add Value to Shoulder Rehab?

Dr Angela Cadogan, PhD, NZRPS
​Specialist Physiotherapist (MSK)

Force measuring technology has been around for decades but has only recently become more affordable and accessible to the mass physiotherapy market. The ability to objectively measure force and track changes over time provides the patient with a source of motivation, takes the guess work out of manual strength testing, provides us with deeper insights into force production and provides funders with objective measures of progress.

​With increasing amounts of time and money being spent on equipment and collecting force data, maybe it’s a good time to pause and consider what value we are getting from these devices in our shoulder rehabilitation?

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