- Title
- Decrements in knee extensor and flexor strength are associated with performance fatigue during simulated basketball game-play in adolescent, male players
- Creator
- Scanlan, Aaron T.; Fox, Jordan L.; Borges, Nattai R.; Delextrat, Anne; Spiteri, Tania; Dalbo, Vincent J.; Stanton, Robert; Kean, Crystal O.
- Relation
- Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 36, Issue 8, p. 852-860
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1344779
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- This study quantified lower-limb strength decrements and assessed the relationships between strength decrements and performance fatigue during simulated basketball. Ten adolescent, male basketball players completed a circuit-based, basketball simulation. Sprint and jump performance were assessed during each circuit, with knee flexion and extension peak concentric torques measured at baseline, half-time, and full-time. Decrement scores were calculated for all measures. Mean knee flexor strength decrement was significantly (P < 0.05) related to sprint fatigue in the first half (R = 0.65), with dominant knee flexor strength (R = 0.67) and dominant flexor:extensor strength ratio (R = 0.77) decrement significantly (P < 0.05) associated with sprint decrement across the entire game. Mean knee extensor strength (R = 0.71), dominant knee flexor strength (R = 0.80), non-dominant knee flexor strength (R = 0.75), mean knee flexor strength (R = 0.81), non-dominant flexor:extensor strength ratio (R = 0.71), and mean flexor:extensor strength ratio (R = 0.70) decrement measures significantly (P < 0.05) influenced jump fatigue during the entire game. Lower-limb strength decrements may exert an important influence on performance fatigue during basketball activity in adolescent, male players. Consequently, training plans should aim to mitigate lower-limb fatigue to optimise sprint and jump performance during game-play.
- Subject
- hamstrings; quadriceps; isokinetics; jump; sprint
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1409935
- Identifier
- uon:36094
- Identifier
- ISSN:0264-0414
- Language
- eng
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