Force plate-derived countermovement jump normative data and benchmarks for professional rugby league players

JJ McMahon, NJ Ripley, P Comfort - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The countermovement jump (CMJ) is an important test in rugby league (RL), and the force
plate is the recommended assessment device, as it permits the calculation of several …

Identifying and reporting position-specific countermovement jump outcome and phase characteristics within rugby league

JJ McMahon, JP Lake, P Comfort - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The countermovement jump (CMJ) has been suggested to be an important test of
neuromuscular performance for rugby league (RL) players. Identifying force platform-derived …

Influence of different verbal cue types on countermovement jump performance in youth female athletes

B Drury, H Singh, H Larkin, D Behm… - … Journal of Sports …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Although external (EXT) verbal cues have been shown to improve jump performance, limited
research has been conducted in youth athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to …

Were Frailty Identification Criteria Created Equal? A Comparative Case Study on Continuous Non-Invasively Collected Neurocardiovascular Signals during an Active …

F Xue, S Knight, E Connolly, A O'Halloran, MA Shirsath… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: In this observational study, we compared continuous physiological signals
during an active standing test in adults aged 50 years and over, characterised as frail by …

Association and agreement between reactive strength index and reactive strength index-modified scores

T Louder, BJ Thompson, E Bressel - Sports, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since the reactive strength index (RSI) and reactive strength index-modified (RSI-mod)
share similar nomenclature, they are commonly referred as interchangeable measures of …

Effects of external verbal cueing on countermovement rebound jump performance

J Xu, A Turner, TM Comyns, S Chavda… - Sports …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the effects of three external verbal cues on countermovement rebound
jump (CMRJ) performance. Twenty-five recreational athletes completed nine jumps with …

The maximum flywheel load for assessing flywheel performance: validation and reproducibility in the squat exercise

AM López, D Marmol, A Sanchez-Sixto… - … en educación física …, 2025 - dialnet.unirioja.es
This work studied the concept of the maximum flywheel load (MFL) as a measure of
maximum dynamic performance in the flywheel half-squat exercise. Twenty physically active …

[图书][B] Laboratory manual for strength and conditioning

J Miller, P Comfort, J McMahon - 2023 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The Laboratory Manual for Strength and Conditioning is a comprehensive text that provides
students with meaningful lab experiences in the area of strength and conditioning and …

[HTML][HTML] Plyometric Training: Importance for Multi-directional Speed Development and Injury Prevention

T Dos'Santos - Science of Multi-Directional Speed. https …, 2024 - sciofmultispeed.com
Plyometric is a combination of Greek words that literally means to increase measurement
(plio= more; metric= measure), and plyometric training (PT) are methods which involves the …

Is the Shape of the Force-Time Curve Related to Performance in Countermovement Jump? A Review

Ž Kozinc - Critical Reviews™ in Biomedical Engineering, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com
Countermovement jump (CMJ) is frequently used to assess the neuromuscular capacity in
athletes and track adaptations to training, typically through outcome variables such as jump …