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Methods: Eighteen older adults (age = 69.38 \u00b1 5.06 years; weight = 75.79 \u00b1 14.18 kg; height = 1.61 \u00b1 0.08 m; BMI = 28.98 \u00b1 5.04 kg\/m2. The maximal isometric muscle strength assessment was performed in a seated position. Participants were asked to exert maximum effort during the exercise. The BSBP and BSR assessments were performed bilaterally with shoulders and elbows at 90\u00b0, while the USKER and USKEL assessments were performed unilaterally. Three sets of 5 secondswere performed with a 3 minutes rest between measurements until maximum isometric strength was reached in all four measurements. Results: In the inter-session reliability measurements, acceptable absolute reliability was presented for BSR and USKER, and extremely high reliability for the BSBP and USKEL measures. In addition, extremely high relative reliability was reported for all assessments of maximum isometric muscle strength, with no significant differences were observed (p &gt; 0.05) and an ES classified as null (ES &lt; 0.12). Conclusions: The main results of this study show that maximal isometric muscle strength in bilateral seated bench press, bilateral seated row, and unilateral seated right and left knee extension, assessed using the Chronojump Force Sensor Kit, is reliable and reproducible for the elderly population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jfmk11010031","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,9]],"date-time":"2026-01-09T08:09:06Z","timestamp":1767946146000},"page":"31","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Inter-Session Reliability of an Isometric Muscle Strength Protocol in Older Adults"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5727-9159","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oscar","family":"Andrades-Ram\u00edrez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"},{"name":"Departament of Sports Sciences and Physical Conditioning, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de la Sant\u00edsima Concepci\u00f3n, Concepci\u00f3n 4090541, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Domingo","family":"Ceballos-Sepulveda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-3112-1926","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjam\u00edn","family":"Fuentealba-Mart\u00ednez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Benjam\u00edn","family":"Venegas-Cofr\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"V\u00edctor","family":"Valenzuela-Zieballe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8179-7354","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Humberto","family":"Castillo-Quezada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepci\u00f3n 4070387, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5040-2495","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bryan","family":"Alfaro-Castillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Humanidades y Educaci\u00f3n, Universidad de Atacama, Copiap\u00f3 1531772, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9633-669X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis","family":"Romero-Vera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de las Am\u00e9ricas, Concepci\u00f3n 4030000, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4271-9657","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudio","family":"Carvajal-Parodi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela de Kinesiolog\u00eda, Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitaci\u00f3n y Calidad de Vida, Universidad San Sebasti\u00e1n, Concepci\u00f3n 4030000, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9392-2319","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudio","family":"Hern\u00e1ndez-Mosqueira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Ciencias de la Educaci\u00f3n, Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n y Humanidades, Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chill\u00e1n 3800708, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102530.376","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arr.2024.102530","article-title":"Investigation of human aging at the single-cell level","volume":"101","author":"Li","year":"2024","journal-title":"Ageing Res. 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