Reliability of Selected Physical Performance Tests in Young Adult Women

Landing Mechanics between Noninjured Women and Women with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction during 2 Jump Tasks

“…46 The up-down is another task that has been recommended to be used to detect knee joint instability because of its high sensitivity value (.58). 20,21,31 The kinematic results of this investigation supported the overall null hypothesis by demonstrating that women with ACL reconstruction exhibited peak hip and knee joint angles similar to those of healthy, noninjured young women in both tasks. However, statistically significant differences were found for the kinetic and EMG measures during the drop jump, in support of the alternate hypothesis.…”

“…22 Similar conclusions can be drawn from this investigation in spite of the greater physical demands required for the up-down task as compared with a step-up and step-down task. The up-down hop task was able to discriminate between levels of jumping ability 31 and correlated with levels of ligamentous knee joint laxity. 20,21 Therefore, it can be concluded that performance of such tasks can be restored in ACL-reconstructed women.…”

The effects of knee extensor eccentric training on functional tests in healthy subjects

“…Each column was formed by three cones positioned 1 m apart. The subjects were instructed to run around the two columns so as to form a figure eight 33,34 . The lateral run (Figure 1.4) was in a straight line, but the subjects had to run sideways from right to left (round trip).…”

Comparison of three agility tests with male servicemembers: Edgren Side Step Test, T-Test, and Illinois Agility Test

“…Current measures assess one or multiple components of agility, including unidirectional, bidirectional, and multidirectional movements, which may or may not include retropulsion and rapid acceleration and deceleration transitions when changing direction [4,6]. Examples of agility tests include the Hexagon Test, 505 Agility Test, 40 yd Shuttle Run, and T-Test [5,7]. There appears to be inconsistency with regards to administration of many agility tests, including the T-Test [2,6,[8][9][10].…”