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Article

Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Profiles from Force Plate Testing During Elite Women’s Basketball National Team Camps: A Retrospective Comparison by Final Roster Status

by
Hiroki Ogata
1,2,
Kazuya Yamazaki
3,
Tomohiro Usui
2,
Kotaro Shinchi
3,4,
Katsuya Ikeda
3,
Frederick James Henderson
3 and
Daichi Yamashita
1,3,*
1
Graduate School of Physical Education, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima 891-2311, Japan
2
Japan Basketball Association, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
3
Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Japan High Performance Sport Center, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan
4
Faculty of Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sports 2026, 14(2), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14020084
Submission received: 25 December 2025 / Revised: 30 January 2026 / Accepted: 10 February 2026 / Published: 15 February 2026
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Abstract

This study compared force plate-derived lower-limb strength and power metrics between selected and non-selected female basketball players for major international competitions. Thirty-two female players attending the final national team camps for the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 Olympic Games completed isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and countermovement jump (CMJ) testing on dual force plates (1000 Hz). IMTP peak force, rate of force development (RFD) over 0–200 and 0–250 ms, CMJ height, and phase-specific kinetic variables were compared between roster (n = 14) and non-roster (n = 18) players. Eleven roster players had previous World Cup/Olympic experience (1.5 ± 1.2 selections across all 14 players), whereas non-roster players had none. The roster group was older than the non-roster group (26.8 ± 4.2 vs. 22.3 ± 3.1 years, p = 0.002); therefore, between-group comparisons were adjusted for age and playing position using analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs). After adjustment, no between-group differences were observed in IMTP- or CMJ-derived performance outcomes (all p ≥ 0.12; partial η2 = 0.00–0.09). Therefore, in this elite cohort, roster status did not reflect force plate metrics but may reflect factors beyond these tests, including age and prior international experience.
Keywords: elite female basketball players; isometric mid-thigh pull; countermovement jump; portable force plate elite female basketball players; isometric mid-thigh pull; countermovement jump; portable force plate

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Ogata, H.; Yamazaki, K.; Usui, T.; Shinchi, K.; Ikeda, K.; Henderson, F.J.; Yamashita, D. Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Profiles from Force Plate Testing During Elite Women’s Basketball National Team Camps: A Retrospective Comparison by Final Roster Status. Sports 2026, 14, 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14020084

AMA Style

Ogata H, Yamazaki K, Usui T, Shinchi K, Ikeda K, Henderson FJ, Yamashita D. Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Profiles from Force Plate Testing During Elite Women’s Basketball National Team Camps: A Retrospective Comparison by Final Roster Status. Sports. 2026; 14(2):84. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14020084

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Ogata, Hiroki, Kazuya Yamazaki, Tomohiro Usui, Kotaro Shinchi, Katsuya Ikeda, Frederick James Henderson, and Daichi Yamashita. 2026. "Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Profiles from Force Plate Testing During Elite Women’s Basketball National Team Camps: A Retrospective Comparison by Final Roster Status" Sports 14, no. 2: 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14020084

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Ogata, H., Yamazaki, K., Usui, T., Shinchi, K., Ikeda, K., Henderson, F. J., & Yamashita, D. (2026). Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Profiles from Force Plate Testing During Elite Women’s Basketball National Team Camps: A Retrospective Comparison by Final Roster Status. Sports, 14(2), 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14020084

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