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. 2024 Oct 1;19(12):1444-1454.
doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2023-0473. Print 2024 Dec 1.

Countermovement Jump and Isometric Strength Test-Retest Reliability in English Premier League Academy Football Players

Matthew Springham  1   2 , Nav Singh  2 , Perry Stewart  2 , Jordan Matthews  2 , Ian Jones  2 , Charlie Norton-Sherwood  2 , Dominic May  2 , Jamie Salter  3 , Anthony J Strudwick  4 , Joseph W Shaw  1
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Countermovement Jump and Isometric Strength Test-Retest Reliability in English Premier League Academy Football Players

Matthew Springham et al. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. .

Abstract

Purpose: To examine the test-retest reliability of countermovement jump (CMJ) and isometric strength testing measures in elite-level under-18 and under-23 academy football players.

Methods: A total of 36 players performed 3 maximal CMJs and isometric abductor (IABS), adductor (IADS), and posterior chain (IPCS) strength tests on 2 separate test days using dual force plates (CMJ and IPCS) and a portable strength testing device (IABS and IADS). Relative (intraclass correlation coefficient) and absolute (coefficient of variation, standard error of the measurement, and minimal detectable change [MDC%]) reliabilities for 34 CMJ, 10 IABS, 10 IADS, and 11 IPCS measures were analyzed using between-sessions best, mean, and within-session methods.

Results: For all methods, relative reliability was good to excellent for all CMJ and all IADS measures and poor to good for all IABS and IPCS measures. Absolute reliability was good (ie, coefficient of variation < 10%) for 27 (best) and 28 (mean) CMJ variables and for 6 (IABS and IADS) and 2 (IPCS) isometric measures. Commonly used CMJ measures (jump height, eccentric duration, and flight-time:contraction-time ratio) had good to excellent relative reliability and an MDC% range of 14.6% to 23.7%. Likewise, commonly used isometric peak force measures for IABS, IADS, and IPCS had good to excellent relative reliability and an MDC% range of 22.2% to 26.4%.

Conclusions: Commonly used CMJ and isometric strength measures had good test-retest reliability but might be limited by their MDC%. Rate-of-force-development measures (for all isometric tests) and impulse measures (IPCS) are limited by poor relative and absolute reliability and high MDC%. MDC% statistics should be considered in the context of typical responsiveness.

Keywords: force frame; force plate; hip abduction; hip adduction; minimal detectable change; monitoring; neuromuscular fatigue; posterior chain.

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