Reliability of the running vertical jump test in female team sport athletes

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Jenner, Brooke, Nottle, Carmel, Walters, Julie L., Saunders, Steven W., Leicht, Anthony S. and Crowther, Robert G.. (2023). Reliability of the running vertical jump test in female team sport athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport. 60, pp. 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.01.005
AuthorsJenner, Brooke, Nottle, Carmel, Walters, Julie L., Saunders, Steven W., Leicht, Anthony S. and Crowther, Robert G.
Abstract

Injury rates to the lower limb have increased over the past 40 years, coinciding with increases in female sport participation rates. Sport specific tests such as the running vertical jump (RVJ) are utilised for injury risk profiling, however the test-retest reliability is unknown.

Objectives
The aim of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of the thorax, pelvis and lower limb joint angular kinematics and kinetics for the RVJ test in female team sport athletes.

Design
Three-dimensional motion capture with force plate integration was utilised as participants performed five trials on each limb on three separate days.

Setting
Testing occurred in a biomechanics laboratory.

Participants
Thirty-four females (Australian Rules Football = 15, Netball = 12, Soccer = 7) participated in this study.

Main Outcome Measures
Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), effect sizes and typical errors (TE) of segment and joint angular kinematics and kinetics were calculated.

Results
Poor to excellent reliability (ICC = −0.12 – 0.92), small to large effect sizes (0.00–0.90) and TE (0.02–289.24) were observed across segment and joint angular kinematics and kinetics.

Conclusions
The RVJ test is recommended when analysing ground reaction forces and joint angular kinematics in female team sport athletes.

Keywordsreliability; female; landing
Year2023
JournalPhysical Therapy in Sport
Journal citation60, pp. 47-53
PublisherElsevier Ltd
ISSN1466-853X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.01.005
PubMed ID36646025
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85146342267
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Page range47-53
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Online14 Jan 2023
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Accepted07 Jan 2023
Deposited02 Apr 2025
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© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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