ArticleJournal of human kinetics2021
Assessing the Magnitude and Direction of Asymmetry in Unilateral Jump and Change of Direction Speed Tasks in Youth Female Team-Sport Athletes.
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- Lateral Differences in Cutting Abilities in Team Handball Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Change-of-Direction Performance Indicators and Inter-Limb Asymmetries in Elite Youth Female Basketball Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Ground Reaction Forces, Asymmetries and Performance of Change of Direction Tasks in Youth Elite Female Basketball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Influence of limb dominance on body and jump asymmetries in elite female handball.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Differences in Situational Patterns During Change of Direction Movements Greater than 90° in Youth Male and Female Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Effects of Exercise-Induced Neuromuscular Fatigue on Jump Performance and Lower-Limb Asymmetries in Youth Female Team Sport Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Relationship between Asymmetry Profiles and Jump Performance in Youth Female Handball Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Jumping and Landing Deficits in Young Female Handball Players.Biology · 2023Article
- Change of Direction Deficit: A Promising Method to Measure a Change of Direction Ability in Adolescent Basketball Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
The direction of inter-limb asymmetries and the change of direction (COD) deficit are two aspects that have increased in recent years. The main objective of the present study was to assess the magnitude of neuromuscular asymmetries in an elite youth female team-sports sample and determine its directionality. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the relationship between COD deficit, linear speed and COD time performance. Elite female youth basketball and handball players (n = 33, age = 16 ± 1.17 y) performed the Single Leg Countermovement Jump in vertical (SLCJ-V), horizontal (SLCJ-H), and lateral (SLCJ-L) directions, the COD and the 10-m sprint. Results showed statistical differences between limbs in all the neuromuscular tests (p < 0.001). The Kappa coefficient showed poor to fair levels of agreement between tasks (K range = -0.087 to 0.233), indicating that asymmetries rarely favoured the same limb between skills. Additionally, small and non-significant correlations were found between the linear sprint capacity and the COD ability. The findings of the present study highlight the independent directionality of asymmetries across tests. The COD deficit does not appear to be much more advantageous than COD total time to measure asymmetry. Practitioners are encouraged to use a fitness testing battery to detect existing side differences and each ability should be specifically trained with functional tasks.
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