Primož Pori (Author), Bogdan Kovčan (Author), Janez Vodičar (Author), Edvin Dervišević (Author), Damir Karpljuk (Author), Vedran Hadžić (Author), Jožef Šimenko (Author)

Abstract

The hamstrings are biarticular muscle group that plays an important role in the occupational performance of military personnel. The single leg hamstring bridge test (SLHBT) could be a good test to screen military personnel performance. The aims of our study were to assess the reproducibility of the SLHBT in the military population and to use receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis to examine the ability of the SLHBT to discriminate between soldiers with poor and good baseline fitness. A cross-sectional study was performed on 201 male members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF). They undertook army physical fitness testing (APFT) and functional physical fitness testing (FPFT), which included the SLHBT. The SLHBT showed acceptable reproducibility in a military setting and had moderate predictive validity to discriminate between soldiers with poor and good overall physical fitness performance using a cut-off value of 20 repetitions. In conclusion, the SLHBT could be a good candidate test for the military population as the ROC analysis showed the ability of the SLHBT to discriminate between soldiers with poor and good baseline fitness. The SLHBT represents a simple and affordable test that can be used to evaluate performance and form preventive guidelines for military personnel.

Keywords

symmetry;hamstrings;screening;field test;training;army;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FŠ - Faculty of Sport
UDC: 796.01
COBISS: 52470275 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2076-3417
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: simetrija;zadnja loža stegna;presejalni test;terenski test;trening;vojska;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: 11 str.
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ11
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ4, art. 1822
Chronology: Feb. 2021
DOI: 10.3390/app11041822
ID: 14562733