Reliability and Validity of the Portable KForce Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump (CMJ)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Countermovement Jump Performance
2.4. Main Outcome Measures
2.4.1. KForce Plates System
2.4.2. My Jump 2 Application
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Reliability
3.2. Concurrent Validity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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CMJ KForce Plates—My Jump 2 App | 1st Day | 7th Day | ||
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N = 34 | ICC | 95% CI | ICC | 95% CI |
Jump height (cm) | 1.000 | 1.000–1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000–1.000 |
Flight time (s) | 0.999 | 0.998–1.000 | 0.999 | 0.998–1.000 |
CMJ | KForce Plates and My Jump 2 Measurements | |
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N = 34 | ICC (95% CI) | MD (95% CI) |
Jump height (cm) | 0.872 (0.744; 0.936) | −4.06 (−6.20; −1.91) |
Flight time (s) | 0.877 (0.755; 0.939) | −0.04 (−0.06; −0.02) |
CMJ KForce Plates—My Jump 2 App | 1st Day | 7th Day |
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N = 34 | PCC | PCC |
Jump height (cm) | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Flight time (s) | 0.999 | 0.999 |
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Plakoutsis, G.; Zapantis, D.; Panagiotopoulou, E.-M.; Paraskevopoulos, E.; Moutzouri, M.; Koumantakis, G.A.; Papandreou, M. Reliability and Validity of the Portable KForce Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump (CMJ). Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 11200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011200
Plakoutsis G, Zapantis D, Panagiotopoulou E-M, Paraskevopoulos E, Moutzouri M, Koumantakis GA, Papandreou M. Reliability and Validity of the Portable KForce Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump (CMJ). Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(20):11200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011200
Chicago/Turabian StylePlakoutsis, George, Dimitrios Zapantis, Eirini-Maria Panagiotopoulou, Eleftherios Paraskevopoulos, Maria Moutzouri, George A. Koumantakis, and Maria Papandreou. 2023. "Reliability and Validity of the Portable KForce Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump (CMJ)" Applied Sciences 13, no. 20: 11200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011200
APA StylePlakoutsis, G., Zapantis, D., Panagiotopoulou, E.-M., Paraskevopoulos, E., Moutzouri, M., Koumantakis, G. A., & Papandreou, M. (2023). Reliability and Validity of the Portable KForce Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump (CMJ). Applied Sciences, 13(20), 11200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011200