Influence of upper-limb muscle strength on the repeated change of direction ability in international-level wheelchair basketball players. Issue 4 (4th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Iturricastillo, Aitor; Garcia-Tabar, Ibai; Reina, Raul; Garcia-Fresneda, Adrian; Carmona, Gerard; Perez-Tejero, Javier; Yanci, Javier
• Is Part Of: Research in sports medicine. Volume 30:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 383
• Page End: 399
• Publication Date: 2022-07-04
• Subjects: Para-sport -- physical performance -- repeated modified agility T-test -- bench press; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Athletic Injuries -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Periodicals; Sports Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine du sport -- Périodiques; 617.102705
• DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2021.1888110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1543-8627

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aims 1) to compare repeated change of direction ability (rCODA) and bench press (BP) between low (A category, ≤2.5) and high (B category, ≥3.0) sport classes and 2) to analyse the relationships between rCODA and BP performance in a sample of wheelchair basketball (WB) players. Seventeen world-class WB players volunteered participated in this study. All the players undertook two tests: the repeated (x12) Modified Agility T-test (rMAT) to measure the rCODA and the movement velocity in a BP test. No significant differences were observed between categories in the rMAT and BP. For the total sample, BP variables with a mean propulsive velocity of 1 m·s −1 (V1LOAD ) largely correlated with all the full rMAT outcomes (r>-0.625; p < 0.05). Having a better BP could be favourable to perform repeated efforts and this seems particularly relevant in fatigue conditions, and especially for the B category players.