Foreign allometric exponents adequately normalize isokinetic knee extension strength to identify muscle weakness and mobility limitation in Portuguese older adults: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Brazilian and North American allometric exponents (^b) proposed in previous studies to normalize isokinetic knee extension peak torque at 60°/s (PT)

Authors	Nationality	Normalized PT for body-size variable
Abdalla et al., 2021 [13]	São Paulo, Brazil	/height^3.27
		/(body mass ^*height)^0.43
		/SA^0.83
		/left leg LST^0.43
		/right leg LST^0.48
		/legs LST^0.47
Davies and Dalsky (1997) [26]	New Mexico, USA	/body mass^0.67
		/body mass^0.72
		/body mass^0.74
Segal et al., (2008) [27]	Iowa, USA	/body mass ^*height^0.97

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