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. 2018 Feb;30(2):320-323.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.320. Epub 2018 Feb 28.

Relationship between agility and lower limb muscle strength, targeting university badminton players

Takuya Sonoda  1 , Yuto Tashiro  1 , Yusuke Suzuki  1 , Yu Kajiwara  1   2 , Hala Zeidan  1 , Yuki Yokota  1 , Mirei Kawagoe  1 , Yasuaki Nakayama  1 , Tsubasa Bito  1 , Kanako Shimoura  1 , Masataka Tatsumi  1 , Kengo Nakai  1 , Yuichi Nishida  1 , Soyoka Yoshimi  1 , Tomoki Aoyama  1
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Relationship between agility and lower limb muscle strength, targeting university badminton players

Takuya Sonoda et al. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Feb.

Abstract

[Purpose] Targeting university badminton players, this study investigated the relationship between agility, which is associated with performance in badminton, and lower limb muscle strength, and examined which muscles influence agility. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 23 male university badminton players were evaluated for side-shuffle test scores and lower limb strength. The relationships between agility, lower limb strength, and duration of experience playing badminton were evaluated using a correlation analysis. Moreover, the relationship between agility and lower limb strength was evaluated by partial correlation analysis, adjusting for the effects of experience of each badminton player. [Results] The agility score correlated with hip extension and ankle plantar flexion strength, with adjustment for badminton experience. [Conclusion] This study suggests that hip extension training and improvement in ankle plantar flexion strength may improve agility.

Keywords: Agility; Badminton; Muscle strength.

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