Background The vertical jump (VJ) is considered a key indicator of lower limb explosive
strength. Previous research has established that rate of force development and time to peak …

Background Although Achilles tendon overuse injuries occur commonly, our understanding
of the pathologic changes and the factors that predispose athletes to them is limited …

Borràs, X, Balius, X, Drobnic, F, and Galilea, P. Vertical jump assessment on volleyball: A
follow-up of three seasons of a high-level volleyball team. J Strength Cond Res 25 (6): 1686 …

Although maximum height (H max), muscle force (F), and power output (P), have been
routinely obtained from maximum vertical jumps for various purposes, a possible role of the …

Vertical jumping power declines with advancing age, which is theoretically explicable by
loss of muscle mass and increases in body fat. However, the results of previous cross …

The importance of vertical jumping in sport and rehabilitative medicine is widely recognized.
Despite the ample use of jump tests to assess neuromuscular function, the differential effects …

The vertical jump (VJ) is characterized as a motor skill that involves all lower limb joints in
various recreational activities, sports modalities, and training programs. 1 This task is …

The human foot is known to aid propulsion by storing and returning elastic energy during
steady-state locomotion. While its function during other tasks is less clear, recent evidence …

Laboratory methods that are required to calculate highly precise jump heights during
experimental research have never been sufficiently compared and examined. Our first aim …

Prey can increase the probability of escaping a predator attack by adopting either
behavioural tactics that provide more time or less distance to escape or by increasing their …