Change of direction ability in wheelchair basketball players

  1. Yanci, Javier 2
  2. Granados, Cristina 2
  3. Badiola Lekue, Aduna 2
  4. Otero, Marcos 1
  5. Olasagasti Ibargoien, Jurgi 3
  6. Bidaurrazaga-Letona, Iraia 2
  7. Iturricastillo Urteaga, Aitor 2
  8. Gil Orozko, Susana María 2
  1. 1 Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (Panamá)
  2. 2 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  3. 3 Universidad de Deusto
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    Universidad de Deusto

    Bilbao, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00ne6sr39

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Konferenzberichte:
Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (18. 2013. Barcelona). Book of abstracts

Verlag: Barcelona: European College of Sport Science, 2013

ISBN: 9788469577868

Datum der Publikation: 2013

Art: Kongress-Poster

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Introduction The aims of the present study were to determine the reliability and reproducibility of the agility T-Test and to determine the change of direction ability (CODA) measured by the agility T-Test in wheelchair basketball (WB) players. Methods 16 WB players (33.12 ± 7.36 years, 71.89 ± 21.71 Kg and sitting body height 86.07 ± 6.82 cm) belonging to the Spanish national WB third division league participated in this study. The agility T-test previously used in able-bodied (AB) players (Pauole et al., 2000) was performed on alternate days. A photocell (Migrogate Polifemo Radio Light, Bolzano, Italy) was used to record the time. The coefficient of variation (CV = SD/Mean)*100) (Atkinson et al., 1998) and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC, test-retest) was used to assess the T-Test reliability and reproducibility. Results Good reproducibility values (ICC = 0.74) were showed in T-test. The mean result of this test was 16.96 ± 1.14 s. The results according to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) class in agility T-test were 17.01 ± 0.34, 16.37 ± 0.88, 15.13, 15.74 ± 0.16 , 18.82 ± 0.08 , 17.33 , and 17.30 ± 0.02 s for the 1-4.5 IWBF class, respectively. Discussion In this study, T-Test with WB players showed good reproducibility values. This reproducibility could be considered good because it has yielded a value greater than 0.70 (Coppieters et al., 2002). In our study, the CV was 2.58% in the T-test showing an optimal assessment of reproducibility. Similar findings have been observed in other T-design tests (Sassi et al., 2009) in AB players. These results indicate that the T-Test can be used in the evaluation of the training programs in WB players.