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Reliability of sports related functional tests with emphasis on speed and agility in young athletes
Author(s) -
Alricsson M.,
HarmsRingdahl K.,
Werner S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2001.110406.x
Subject(s) - athletes , reliability (semiconductor) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , reliability engineering , psychology , engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of the present investigation was to test the reliability of two sports related functional tests, a speed test (slalom‐test) and an agility test (hurdle‐test). Eleven athletes aged 11 years (8 boys, 3 girls) participated voluntarily in the study. All subjects completed four different test sessions for both the slalom‐test and the hurdle‐test using six standard track hurdles placed at 2‐m intervals along a 12‐m length of track. There were no significant differences between testing sessions for either the slalom‐test ( P =0.99) or the hurdle‐test ( P =0.96), showing no systematic variation between test times. The intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.96 and 0.90 respectively, indicating a good reliability. We conclude that the slalom‐test and the hurdle‐test are reliable sports related functional tests for measuring speed and agility in groups of young athletic individuals.