Sixty-three first-year Teachers' College men provided 19 measures of the lower limb: seven of isometric strength, four of power, seven anthropometric estimates, and one of speed. Varimax analysis of the data suggested that power was linked with speed rather than strength, and that total leg strength had decreasing loadings on the factors of ankle, knee, and hip strength. This was confirmed by Promax analysis which also enabled two second-order factors to be obtained.
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