Assessment of isokinetic knee strength in elite young female basketball players: correlation with vertical jump

作者：Rouis M; Coudrat L; Jaafar H; Filliard J R; Vandewalle H; Barthelemy Y; Driss T^*

来源：Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2015, 55(12): 1502-1508.

• Basketball
• Muscle strength
• Knee
• Plyometric exercise

Aim. To explore the isokinetic concentric strength of the knee muscle groups, and the relationship between the isokinetic knee extensors strength and the vertical jump performance in young elite female basketball players.
Methods. Eighteen elite female basketball players performed a countermovement jump, and an isokinetic knee test using a Biodex dynamometer. The maximal isokinetic peak torque of the knee extensor and flexor muscles was recorded at four angular velocities (90 degrees/s, 180 degrees/s, 240 degrees/s and 300 degrees/s) for the dominant and non-dominant legs. The conventional hamstring/quadriceps ratio (H/Q) was assessed at each angular velocity for both legs.
Results. There was no significant difference between dominant and non-dominant leg whatever the angular velocity (all P>0.05). However, the H/Q ratio enhanced as the velocity increased from 180 degrees/s to 300 degrees/s (P<0.05). Furthermore, low to high significant positive correlations were detected between the isokinetic measures of the knee extensors and the vertical jump height. The highest one was found for the knee extensors peak torque at a velocity of 240 degrees/s (r=0.88, P<0.001).
Conclusion. The results accounted for an optimal velocity at which a strong relationship could be obtained between isokinetic knee extensors strength and vertical jump height. Interestingly, the H/Q ratio of the young elite female basketball players in the present study was unusual as it was close to that generally observed in regular sportsmen.

• 出版日期2015-12