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Construct Validity and Test-Retest Reliability of Hip Load Compared With Playerload During Football-Specific Running, Kicking, and Jumping Tasks

  • Erik Wilmes
  • , Bram J C Bastiaansen
  • , Cornelis J de Ruiter
  • , Riemer J K Vegter
  • , Michel S Brink
  • , Hidde Weersma
  • , Edwin A Goedhart
  • , Koen A P M Lemmink
  • , Geert J P Savelsbergh

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Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine the test-retest reliability of the recently developed Hip Load metric, evaluate its construct validity, and assess the differences with Playerload during football-specific short-distance shuttle runs.

METHODS: Eleven amateur football players participated in 2 identical experimental sessions. Each session included 3 different shuttle runs that were performed at 2 pace-controlled running intensities. The runs consisted of only running, running combined with kicks, and running combined with jumps. Cumulative Playerload and Hip Loads of the preferred and nonpreferred kicking leg were collected for each shuttle run. Test-retest reliability was determined using intraclass correlations, coefficients of variation, and Bland-Altman analyses. To compare the load metrics with each other, they were normalized to their respective values obtained during a 54-m run at 9 km/h. Sensitivity of each load metric to running intensity, kicks, and jumps was assessed using separate linear mixed models.

RESULTS: Intraclass correlations were high for the Hip Loads of the preferred kicking leg (.91) and the nonpreferred kicking leg (.96) and moderate for the Playerload (.87). The effects (95% CIs) of intensity and kicks on the normalized Hip Load of the kicking leg (intensity: 0.95 to 1.50, kicks: 0.36 to 1.59) and nonkicking leg (intensity: 0.96 to 1.53, kicks: 0.06 to 1.34) were larger than on the normalized Playerload (intensity: 0.12 to 0.25, kicks: 0.22 to 0.53).

CONCLUSIONS: The inclusion of Hip Load in training load quantification may help sport practitioners to better balance load and recovery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-10
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Volume18
Issue number1
Early online date1 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Funding

The authors would like to thankfully acknowledge the Dutch Royal Football Association (KNVB) for facilitating the research program by giving access to their research facilities. This work is part of the research program “Citius Altius Sanius” with project number P16-28 project 6, which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The funders had no role in the design of the study; collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; writing of the manuscript; or decision to publish the results. Author Contributions: Wilmes and Bastiaansen contributed equally to this work.

FundersFunder number
Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Dutch Royal Football Association
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Citius Altius SaniusP16-28

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    1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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