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Sports, 2023 Clinicians frequently assess asymmetry in strength, flexibility, and performance characteristics as a method of screening for potential musculoskeletal injury.
Hailey L. Wrona +7 more
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The Effect of an In-Season 8-Week Plyometric Training Programme Followed By a Detraining Period on Explosive Skills in Competitive Junior Soccer Players [PDF]
Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2020 The aim of this study was to examine the effect of an eight-week plyometric training and resistance programme, on different motor abilities, kicking speeds, and individual techniques in competitive junior soccer players. A training programme was applied
Luis Branquinho +5 more
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Gaelic Football Match-Play: Performance Attenuation and Timeline of Recovery
Sports, 2020 This study investigated acute changes in markers of fatigue and performance attenuation during and following a competitive senior club-level Gaelic football match.
Lorcan S. Daly +2 more
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Impact of the Anatomical Accelerometer Placement on Vertical Jump Performance Characteristics
Sports, 2023 With rapid technological development over recent years, the use of wearable athlete monitoring devices has substantially gained popularity. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of the anatomical placement of an accelerometer ...
Damjana V. Cabarkapa +3 more
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Mobile Jump Assessment (mJump): A Descriptive and Inferential Study
JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2015 BackgroundVertical jump tests are used in athletics and rehabilitation to measure physical performance in people of different age ranges and fitness. Jumping ability can be analyzed through different variables, and the most commonly used are fly time and
Mateos-Angulo, Alvaro +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 This study aims to comprehensively assess the accuracy and precision of five different devices and by incorporating a variety of analytical approaches for measuring countermovement jump height: Qualisys motion system; Force platform; Ergojump; an ...
Filipe Conceição +3 more
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European Journal of Sport Science, 2020 AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the effect of countermovement depth on the magnitude of the countermovement jump (CMJ) derived reactive strength index modified (RSImod), and to compare the RSImod between the CMJ performed with a self‐preferred knee flexion angle (CMJpref) and the CMJ performed from a pre‐determined knee flexion angle (CMJrefer)
Alejandro Pérez‐Castilla +4 more
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LOAD THAT MAXIMIZES POWER OUTPUT IN COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte, 2016 ABSTRACT Introduction: One of the main problems faced by strength and conditioning coaches is the issue of how to objectively quantify and monitor the actual training load undertaken by athletes in order to maximize performance. It is well known that performance of explosive sports activities is largely determined by mechanical power.
Jimenez-Reyes, Pedro +5 more
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The Ecological Validity of Countermovement Jump to On-Court Asymmetry in Basketball
Sports Medicine International Open, 2022 AbstractJump-based asymmetry is often used as an indicator of sport performance and may be used to discern injury susceptibility. Due to task specificity, however, countermovement jump asymmetry may not be representative of on-court asymmetry.
Joshua A.J. Keogh +3 more
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The effects of postactivation potentiation on sprint and jump performance of male academy soccer players. [PDF]
, 2009 The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the postactivation potentiation (PAP) effects of both dynamic and isometric maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) on sprint and jump performance and establish whether PAP methods could be used effectively
Kevin A Till +5 more
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