Knee Pads Do Not Affect Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Tests
2.3.1. Vertical Jump Assessment
2.3.2. Linear Speed Assessment
2.3.3. Agility Assessment
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Outcome Measure (Unit) | N | Min | Max | Mean ± SD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 84 | 12 | 20 | 14.83 ± 0.72 |
VE (year) | 84 | 1 | 15 | 5.30 ± 3.39 |
Height (cm) | 84 | 147.0 | 179.5 | 163.19 ± 8.38 |
Body mass (kg) | 84 | 35.0 | 85.7 | 53.64 ± 10.42 |
Outcome Measure | Condition | p Value | ES | |
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Without Knee Pads | With Knee Pads | |||
Vertical jump height | ||||
SJ (cm) | 23.55 ± 5.03 | 24.47 ± 5.06 | 0.156 | 0.18—trivial |
CMJ without arm swing (cm) | 24.46 ± 5.46 | 24.61 ± 5.56 | 0.817 | 0.03—trivial |
CMJ with arm swing (cm) | 29.91 ± 6.40 | 30.90 ± 7.30 | 0.194 | 0.14—trivial |
Linear sprint speed | ||||
5 m—sprint (s) | 1.25 ± 0.15 | 1.25 ± 0.12 | 0.789 | 0.03—trivial |
10 m—sprint (s) | 2.18 ± 0.18 | 2.17 ± 0.17 | 0.907 | −0.01—trivial |
Agility | ||||
modified t-test (s) | 7.40 ± 0.58 | 7.48 ± 0.64 | 0.284 | 0.13—trivial |
5-10-5 test (s) | 5.96 ± 0.35 | 6.03 ± 0.40 | 0.144 | 0.19—trivial |
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Lazić, A.; Bratić, M.; Stamenković, S.; Andrašić, S.; Stojiljković, N.; Trajković, N. Knee Pads Do Not Affect Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players. Children 2021, 8, 748. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090748
Lazić A, Bratić M, Stamenković S, Andrašić S, Stojiljković N, Trajković N. Knee Pads Do Not Affect Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players. Children. 2021; 8(9):748. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090748
Chicago/Turabian StyleLazić, Anja, Milovan Bratić, Stevan Stamenković, Slobodan Andrašić, Nenad Stojiljković, and Nebojša Trajković. 2021. "Knee Pads Do Not Affect Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players" Children 8, no. 9: 748. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090748