Techniques and considerations for determining isoinertial upper-body power

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-311

  Falvo, Michael J ^a   Schilling, Brian K ^a   Weiss, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench press throws; Dynamometry; Power; Upper body

Indexed keywords

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38049013458     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140608522879     Document Type: Review

References (56)

1. Alemany, J. A., Pandorf, C. E., Montain, S. J., Castellani, J. W., Tuckow, A. P. and Nindl, B. C. (2005) Reliability assessment of ballistic jump squats and bench throws. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 19, pp. 33-38.
2. Arampatzis, A., Knickner, A., Metzler, V. and Bruggemann, G.-P. (2000) Mechanical power in running: A comparison of different approaches. Journal of Biomechanics, 33, pp. 457-463.
3. Armstrong, D. F. (1993) Power training: The key to athletic success. NSCA Journal, 15, pp. 7-10.
4. Baker, D. (2001) Comparison of upper-body strength and power between professional and college-aged rugby league players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 15, pp. 30-35.
5. Baker, D., Nance, S. and Moore, M. (2001) The load that maximizes the average mechanical power output during explosive bench press throws in highly trained athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 15, pp. 20-24.
6. Barker, M., Wyatt, T. J., Johnson, R. L., Stone, M. H., O'Bryant, H. S., Poe, C. and Kent, M. (1993) Performance factors, psychological assessment, physical characteristics, and football playing ability. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 7, pp. 224-233.
7. Borrie, A., Mullan, N. and Palmer, C. (1998) The development of a medicine ball throw test for the assessment of upper body performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 16, p. 38.
8. Brandenburg, J. P. (2005) The acute effects of prior dynamic resistance exercise using different loads on subsequent upper-body explosive performance in resistance-trained men. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 19, pp. 427-432.
9. Brown, L. E. and Weir, J. P. (2001) ASEP procedures recommendation I: accurate assessment of muscular strength. Journal of Exercise Physiology (online), 4, pp. 1-21.
10. Challis, J. (1999) A procedure for the automatic determination of filter cut-off frequency for the processing of biomechanical data. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 15, pp. 303-317.
11. Chiu, L. Z. F., Schilling, B. K., Fry, A. C. and Weiss, L. W. (2004) Measurement of resistance exercise force expression. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 20, pp. 204-212.
12. Chu, M. C., Yazdani-Ardakani, S., Gradiser, J. A. and Askew, M. J. (1986) An in-vitro study of force transmission along the lower skeletal extremity. Journal of Biomechanics, 14, pp. 979-987.
13. Cronin, J. B. and Hansen, K. T. (2005) Strength and power predictors of sports speed. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 19, pp. 349-357.
14. Cronin, J. B. and Owen, G. J. (2004) Upper-body strength and power assessment in women using a chest pass. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 18, pp. 401-404.
15. Cronin, J. B. and Sleivert, G. (2005) Challenges in understanding the influence of maximal power training on improving athletic performance. Sports Medicine, 35, pp. 213-234.
16. Cronin, J. B., McNair, P. J. and Marshall, R. N. (2001) Magnitude and decay of stretch-induced enhancement of power output. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 84, pp. 575-581.
17. Cronin, J. B., McNair, P. J. and Marshall, R. N. (2003) Force-velocity analysis of strength-training techniques and load: Implications for training strategy and research. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 17, pp. 148-155.
18. Drinkwater, E. J., Lawton, T. W., Lindsell, R. P., Pyne, D. B., Hunt, P. H. and McKenna, M. J. (2005) Training leading to repetition failure enhances bench press strength gains in elite junior athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 19, pp. 382-388.
19. Driss, T., Vandewalle, H. and Monod, H. (1998) Maximal power and force-velocity relationship during cycling and cranking exercises in volleyball players. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 38, pp. 286-293.
20. Elftman, H. (1939) Forces and energy changes in the leg during walking. American Journal of Physiology, 125, pp. 339-356.
21. Enoka, R. M. (2001) Neuromechanics of Human Movement, Human Kinetics, Champaign
22. Gillespie, J. and Keenum, S. (1987) A validity and reliability analysis of the seated shot put as a test of power. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 13, pp. 97-105.
23. Hatze, H. (1998) Validity and reliability of methods for testing vertical jumping performance. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 14, pp. 127-140.
24. Hopkins, W. G., Schabort, E. J. and Hawley, J. A. (2001) Reliability of power in physical performance tests. Sports Medicine, 31, pp. 211-234.
25. Jackson, K. M. (1979) Fitting of mathematical functions to biomechanical data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 26, pp. 122-124.
26. Johnson, B. L. and Nelson, J. K. (1979) Practical Measurements for Evaluation in Physical Education, Burgess, Minneapolis
27. Lyttle, A. D., Wilson, G. J. and Ostrowski, K. J. (1996) Enhancing performance: Maximal power versus combined weights and plyometrics training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 10, pp. 173-179.
28. Mayhew, J. L., Bemben, M. G., Rohrs, D. M. and Bemben, D. A. (1994) Specificity among anaerobic power tests in college female athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 7, pp. 95-100.
29. Mayhew, J. L., Ware, J. S., Johns, R. A. and Bemben, M. G. (1997) Changes in upper body power following heavy-resistance strength training in college men. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 18, pp. 516-520.
30. Mayhew, J. L., Bemben, M. G., Piper, F. C., Ware, J. S., Rohrs, D. M. and Bemben, D. A. (1993) Assessing bench press power in college football players: The seated shot put. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 7, pp. 95-100.
31. McBride, J. M., Triplett-McBride, T., Davie, A. and Newton, R. U. (1999) A comparison of strength and power characteristics between power lifters, Olympic lifters, and sprinters. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 13, pp. 58-66.
32. Moss, B. M., Refsnes, P. E., Abildaard, A., Nicolaysen, K. and Jensen, J. (1997) Effects of maximal effort strength training with different loads on dynamic strength, cross-sectional area, load-power and load-velocity relationships. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 75, pp. 193-199.
33. Murphy, A. J. and Wilson, G. J. (1996) Poor correlations between isometric tests and dynamic performance: Relationship to muscle activation. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 73, pp. 353-357.
34. Murphy, A. J., Wilson, G. J. and Pryor, J. F. (1994) Use of the iso-inertial force mass relationship in the prediction of dynamic human performance. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 69, pp. 250-257.
35. Newton, R. U. and Kraemer, W. J. (1994) Developing explosive muscular power: Implications for a mixed methods training strategy. Strength and Conditioning, 16, pp. 20-31.
36. Newton, R. U., Kraemer, W. J., Hakkinen, K., Humphries, B. J. and Murphy, A. J. (1996) Kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation during explosive upper body movements. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 12, pp. 31-43.
37. Newton, R. U., Murphy, A. J., Humphries, B. J., Wilson, G. J., Kraemer, W. J. and Hakkinen, K. (1997) Influence of load and stretch shortening cycle on the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation that occurs during explosive upper-body movements. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 75, pp. 333-342.
38. Nindl, B. C., Leone, C. D., Tharion, W., Johnson, R. F., Castellani, J. W., Patton, J. F. and Montain, S. J. (2002) Physical performance responses during 72h of military operational stress. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34, pp. 1814-1822.
39. Otten, E. (2003) Inverse and forward dynamics: Models of multi-body systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 358, pp. 1493-1500.
40. Robertson, D. G. E. and Dowling, J. J. (2003) Design and responses of butter-worth and critically damped digital filters. Journal of Electromyogrpahy and Kinesiology, 13, pp. 569-573.
41. Safrit, M. J. (1996) Introduction to Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, Mosby, St. Louis
42. Salonia, M. A., Chu, D. A., Cheifetz, P. M. and Freidhoff, G. C. (2004) Upper-body power as measured by medicine-ball throw distance and its relationship to class level among 10- and 11-year-old female participants in club gymnastics. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 18, pp. 695-702.
43. Shim, A. L., Bailey, M. L. and Westings, S. H. (2001) Development of a field test for upper-body power. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 15, pp. 192-197.
44. Siegel, J. A., Gilders, R. M., Staron, R. S. and Hagerman, F. C. (2002) Human muscle power output during upper- and lower-body exercises. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 16, pp. 173-178.
45. Sleivert, G. G. and Taingahue, M. (2002) The relationship between maximal jump-squat power and sprint acceleration in team sport athletes. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 87, pp. 264-271.
46. Stockbrugger, B. A. and Haennel, R. G. (2001) Validity and reliability of a medicine ball explosive power test. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 15, pp. 431-438.
47. Stone, M. H., Sanborn, K., O'Bryant, H. S., Hartman, M., Stone, M. E., Proulx, C., Ward, B. and Hruby, J. (2003) Maximum strength-power-performance relationships in collegiate throwers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 17, pp. 739-745.
48. Thompson, C. J. and Bemben, M. G. (1999) Reliability and comparability of the accelerometer as a measure of muscular power. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 31, pp. 897-902.
49. Viitasalo, J. T. (1988) Evaluation of explosive strength for young and adult athletes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 59, pp. 9-13.
50. Vossen, J. F., Kramer, J. F., Burke, D. G. and Vossen, D. P. (2000) Comparison of dynamic push-up training and plyometric push-up training on upper-body power and strength. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 14, pp. 248-253.
51. Walsh, M. L. (2000) Whole body fatigue and critical power. Sports Medicine, 29, pp. 153-166.
52. Weiss, L., Fry, A. C., Chiu, L., Magu, B. and Schilling, B. K. (2003) Evaluation of a strength analysis 'black box' dynamometer. Communication to the Annual Conference of the National Strength and Conditioning Association Spokane, USA
53. Weir, J. P. (2005) Quantifying the test-retest reliability using the intraclass correlation coefficient and the SEM. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 19, pp. 231-240.
54. Wilson, G. J. and Murphy, A. J. (1996) The use of isometric tests of muscular function in athletic assessment. Sports Medicine, 22, pp. 19-37.
55. Wilson, G. J., Newton, R. U., Murphy, A. J. and Humphries, B. J. (1993) The optimal training load for the development of dynamic athletic performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 25, pp. 1279-1286.
56. Winter, D. A., Sidwall, H. G. and Hobson, D. A. (1974) Measurement and reduction of noise in kinematics of locomotion. Journal of Biomechanics, 7, pp. 157-159.