Inter-limb jump asymmetries and their association with sport-specific performance in young male and female swimmers
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Phukan, M., Thapa, R., Kumar, G., Bishop, C., Chaabene, H. and Ramirez-Campillo, R. 2021. Inter-limb jump asymmetries and their association with sport-specific performance in young male and female swimmers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (14). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147324
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Title | Inter-limb jump asymmetries and their association with sport-specific performance in young male and female swimmers |
Authors | Phukan, M., Thapa, R., Kumar, G., Bishop, C., Chaabene, H. and Ramirez-Campillo, R. |
Abstract | This study aimed to examine inter-limb jump asymmetries and their association with sport-specific performance in young swimmers. Thirty-eight (male, n = 19; female, n = 19) regional/national level young swimmers (age: 12.3 ± 1.2 years; height: 159.6 ± 8.2 cm; body mass: 52.5 ± 9.2 kg) participated in this study. Inter-limb asymmetries were assessed for single-leg countermovement jump (SLCMJ) and single-leg standing long jump (SLSLJ). Sport-specific performance was evaluated using front crawl (i.e., 50 m and 25 m) and front crawl kick (i.e., 50 m and 25 m). The kappa coefficient revealed a “slight” level of agreement (Κ = 0.156, 0.184, and 0.197 for female, male, and all, respectively) between the direction of asymmetry for SLCMJ and SLSLJ, indicating that asymmetries rarely favored the same limb during both tests. A paired sample t-test showed a significant difference (p = 0.025) between asymmetry scores obtained in SLCMJ and SLSLJ. No significant difference was found in asymmetry scores between males and females (p = 0.099 to 0.977). Additionally, no association between asymmetry scores and sport-specific performance was observed (p > 0.05). Our findings highlight the independent nature of inter-limb asymmetries derived from SLCMJ and SLSLJ among young male and female swimmers. Further, our results suggest no association between jumping asymmetries and sport-specific performance. |
Keywords | athletic performance; physical fitness; water sport; leg; lower extremity; swimming; youth sports |
Research Group | Strength and Conditioning at the London Sport Institute |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
ISSN | 1661-7827 |
Electronic | 1660-4601 |
Publication dates | |
02 Jul 2021 | |
Online | 08 Jul 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 12 Jul 2021 |
Accepted | 06 Jul 2021 |
Submitted | 17 Jun 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Additional information | This article belongs to the Special Issue Training and Performance in Youth Sports. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147324 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000676787000001 |
Language | English |
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