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. 2001 Sep;41(3):354-61.

Knee extension strength and vertical jumping performance in nordic combined athletes

M Pääsuke  1 , J Ereline, H Gapeyeva
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  • PMID: 11533567

Knee extension strength and vertical jumping performance in nordic combined athletes

M Pääsuke et al. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2001 Sep.

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to measure knee extension strength and vertical jumping performance characteristics in nordic combined athletes.

Methods: Unilateral knee extension isometric maximal force (MF) and rate of force development (RFD) were measured by a special dynamometer, and unilateral isokinetic peak torque (PT) at angular velocities of 60 and 180 deg/sec by a Cybex II dynamometer. Maximal squat (SJ) and counter-movement jumps (CMJ) were performed on force platform. Nine nordic combined athletes as the experimental group and 12 untrained male university students as the control group participated.

Results: Nordic combined athletes had a greater (p<0.05) absolute and relative (body mass-related) values of knee extension isometric MF and isokinetic PT, isometric RFD as well as jumping height in SJ and CMJ, than controls. The jumping height in CMJ was greater (p<0.05) compared with SJ only in nordic combined athletes. Jumping height in SJ and CMJ correlated significantly (p<0.05) with knee extension isometric RFD (r=0.62-0.83) and isokinetic PT at angular velocity of 60 deg/sec (r=0.70-0.82) in nordic combined athletes and untrained men. No significant correlation was obtained between unilateral knee extension isometric MF and isokinetic PT or vertical jumping height.

Conclusions: The present study demonstrated a markedly higher voluntary maximal and explosive force-generating capacity of the extensor muscles of lower extremities in nordic combined athletes compared with untrained men, which indicates the adaptation to specific explosive type of strength training.

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