Abstract
Purpose: To assess the between-sessions reliability of the 505 agility, single leg hop and triple hop tests over two time points, one week apart in a netball population. The secondary aim was to identify whether asymmetries exist in these functional tests within netball players.Methods: Twelve female netball players (mean age: 32.4 ± 2.9) were recruited from the Reading district netball league for the study. Participants completed the single leg hop, triple hop and 505-agility test for both limbs. The tests were completed twice, one week apart. Intraclass coefficient correlation and coefficient of variance testing was run to assess reliability. Multiple paired samples T-tests were run to assess whether there were significant differences between limbs and a limb symmetry index percentage was calculated.
Results: Reliability for all tests were good to excellent (ICC 0.80-0.99). Participants hopped significantly further on their right leg than their left in the single leg hop (t(11)=2.299, p<0.05, d = 0.664). Limb symmetry index was found to be >90% in all participants for the 505-agility test. 66% of participants had a limb symmetry index of <90% in the single leg hop test and 16% in the triple hop test.
Conclusions: All three tests demonstrated good to excellent between-sessions reliability in a netball population. Netball players in this study were found to not present with asymmetries in the 505-agility test. Significant differences were found between limbs in the single leg hop test with a limb symmetry index of <90% present in most participants.
Key words: netball, reliability, limb symmetry index, hop testing, 505-agility test
| Date of Award | 2023 |
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| Original language | English |