Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Exercise Testing
2.3.1. Warm Up
2.3.2. Repeated High Intensity Efforts (RHIE) Test
2.4. Data Analysis
2.4.1. Sprint Performance
2.4.2. Tackle Performance
2.4.3. Combined Performance
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Test Reliability
4.2. Test Interpretation
Practical Applications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Test 1 (mean ± SD) | Test 2 (mean ± SD) | Hedge’s g (g) | ICC | SEM (%) | MD (%) |
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Sprint Time Indices | ||||||
PD (%) | 9.18 ± 4.24 | 8.77 ± 3.53 | −0.10 | 0.73 | 23.0 | 63.6 |
TST (s) | 41.91 ± 2.62 | 41.45 ± 2.54 a | −0.17 | 0.95 | 1.30 | 3.59 |
AST (s) | 3.49 ± 0.22 | 3.45 ± 0.21 | −0.17 | 0.95 | 1.44 | 3.99 |
Tackle Indices | ||||||
PD (%) | 37.33 ± 8.19 | 42.58 ± 11.36 a | 0.46 | 0.71 | 12.3 | 34.2 |
TST (g) | 77.62 ± 19.67 | 70.02 ± 16.70 | −0.39 | 0.54 | 16.5 | 45.9 |
AST (g) | 6.47 ± 1.64 | 5.88 ± 0.46 | −0.35 | 0.61 | 15.6 | 43.3 |
Combined Index | ||||||
PD (%) | 23.25 ± 5.19 | 25.67 ± 6.01 | 0.40 | 0.71 | 11.9 | 32.9 |
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Vachon, A.; Berryman, N.; Mujika, I.; Paquet, J.-B.; Monnet, T.; Bosquet, L. Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players. Sports 2020, 8, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8050072
Vachon A, Berryman N, Mujika I, Paquet J-B, Monnet T, Bosquet L. Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players. Sports. 2020; 8(5):72. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8050072
Chicago/Turabian StyleVachon, Adrien, Nicolas Berryman, Iñigo Mujika, Jean-Baptiste Paquet, Tony Monnet, and Laurent Bosquet. 2020. "Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players" Sports 8, no. 5: 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8050072
APA StyleVachon, A., Berryman, N., Mujika, I., Paquet, J. -B., Monnet, T., & Bosquet, L. (2020). Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players. Sports, 8(5), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8050072