IT NECESSARY TO NORMALIZE JUMP TEST RESULTS TO ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS?

Authors

Cristian Rojas, Department of Physical Education, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, ChileFollow
Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Physical Activity, Sport and Health Sciences Laboratory, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, ChileFollow
Amaya Prat-Luri, Sport Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University, SpainFollow
Ciro-José Brito, Postgraduate Program in Physical Education. Physical Education Department. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, BrazilFollow
Bianca Miarka, Postgraduate Program in Physical Education, School of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Fights. Federal University of Rio de JaneiroFollow

Category

Coaching

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to analyse the relationship of different normalization methods in the jump performance, obtained from a digital application (My Jump 2 ®). 189 young women made up the sample. Each of them had to perform three attempts of a bilateral countermovement jump (CMJ) in front of a mobile device. The jump height (JH) and power (P) were the main results, which were processed to normalize them. The JH was normalized to height (JH/H) and to leg length (JH/LL). P was normalized to body mass (RP), while force values were divided by the time of jump to get the Explosive Index of Strength (EIS). The results showed a good association and poor prediction between the variables JH and P, not so between JH and EIS, where no significant relationship was observed. However, a strong relationship was observed between JH / LL and RP (r = 0.801; r2 = 0.641; p

KEYWORDS: Smartphone app, vertical jump, biomechanics.

Recommended Citation

Rojas, Cristian; Aedo-Muñoz, Esteban; Prat-Luri, Amaya; Brito, Ciro-José; and Miarka, Bianca (2020) "IT NECESSARY TO NORMALIZE JUMP TEST RESULTS TO ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS?," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 38: Iss. 1, Article 84.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol38/iss1/84