ORIGINAL PAPER
Testing dynamic balance in youth female volleyball players: development, reliability and usefulness
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Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Submission date: 2021-09-29
Acceptance date: 2022-06-04
Publication date: 2022-07-05
Hum Mov. 2023;24(3):78-84
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
The aim of this research was to develop a dynamic balance test and examine its reliability by comparing first trial results with the average and best ones from multiple attempts.
Methods:
Overall, 32 volleyball players (aged 11.3 ± 0.67 years) were investigated in 2 sessions (with a 14-day interval), each consisting of 3 trials of the modified bench walk with 3 turns (MBW3T) test. Three test methods were compared: first trial (MBW3Ttrial1), average result (MBW3Tmean), and best result (MBW3Tbest). A paired-sample t-test determined differences with an effect size. Test-retest reliability was assessed with an intraclass correlation coefficient.
Results:
The paired-sample t-test revealed no significant difference in performance between test and retest for MBW3Ttrial1 (t = 0.01, p = 0.99), MBW3Tmean (t = –0.46, p = 0.65), and MBW3Tbest (t = –1.05, p = 0.30). Standard error of measurement (SEM) as the absolute reliability within-individual variation parameter showed that MBW3Ttrial1 had higher variation than MBW3Tmean and MBW3Tbest, in which the measurement error was minimal. To identify usefulness, we calculated the smallest worthwhile change and compared it with SEM for different effect sizes; the test was rated marginal to satisfactory. The study results indicated fair reliability when the first trial was observed and good reliability for the mean and best of 3 trials.
Conclusions:
MBW3Tmean and MBW3Tbest are cheap, simple, reliable, and marginal to satisfactory useful measures for assessing dynamic balance in youth female volleyball players and can be used in scientific and practical settings.
The aim of this research was to develop a dynamic balance test and examine its reliability by comparing first trial results with the average and best ones from multiple attempts.
Methods:
Overall, 32 volleyball players (aged 11.3 ± 0.67 years) were investigated in 2 sessions (with a 14-day interval), each consisting of 3 trials of the modified bench walk with 3 turns (MBW3T) test. Three test methods were compared: first trial (MBW3Ttrial1), average result (MBW3Tmean), and best result (MBW3Tbest). A paired-sample t-test determined differences with an effect size. Test-retest reliability was assessed with an intraclass correlation coefficient.
Results:
The paired-sample t-test revealed no significant difference in performance between test and retest for MBW3Ttrial1 (t = 0.01, p = 0.99), MBW3Tmean (t = –0.46, p = 0.65), and MBW3Tbest (t = –1.05, p = 0.30). Standard error of measurement (SEM) as the absolute reliability within-individual variation parameter showed that MBW3Ttrial1 had higher variation than MBW3Tmean and MBW3Tbest, in which the measurement error was minimal. To identify usefulness, we calculated the smallest worthwhile change and compared it with SEM for different effect sizes; the test was rated marginal to satisfactory. The study results indicated fair reliability when the first trial was observed and good reliability for the mean and best of 3 trials.
Conclusions:
MBW3Tmean and MBW3Tbest are cheap, simple, reliable, and marginal to satisfactory useful measures for assessing dynamic balance in youth female volleyball players and can be used in scientific and practical settings.
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