Di e ences in kine ic
cha ac e is ics du ing
coun e mo emen jump o
oo ball playe s wi h ce eb al
palsy acco ding o impai men
p ofiles
Ma ías Hen íquez
1
,
2
*, Ra ael Sabido
1
, Da id Ba bado
1
,
3
,
Alba Roldan
1
, Jose L. L. El i a
1
, Ja ie Yanci
4
and Raúl Reina
1
1
Spo s Resea ch Cen e, Depa men o Spo Sciences, Miguel He nández Uni e si y, Elche, Spain,
2
Escuela de Kinesiología, Facul ad de Odon ología y Ciencias de la Rehabili ación, Uni e sidad San
Sebas ián, P o idencia, Chile,
3
Alican e Ins i u e o Heal h and Biomedical Resea ch (ISABIAL), Alican e,
Spain,
4
Socie y, Spo s, and Physical Exe cise Resea ch G oup (GIKAFIT), Physical Educa ion and Spo
Depa men , Facul y o Educa ion and Spo , Uni e si y o he Basque Coun y (UPV/EHU), Vi o ia-
Gas eiz, Spain
Objec i es: The pu pose o his s udy was 1) o de e mine and compa e kine ic
pa ame e s du ing he ealiza ion o a coun e mo emen jump (CMJ) be ween
oo balle s wi h ce eb al palsy (CP) and non-impai ed oo balle s, and 2) o analyze
he di e ences in his ac ion be ween di e en playe s’impai men p ofiles and a
g oup o non-impai ed oo balle s.
Me hods: This s udy in ol ed 154 pa icipan s comp ising 121 male oo balle s wi h
CP om 11 na ional eams and 33 male non-impai ed oo ball playe s ec ui ed as
he con ol g oup (CG). The oo balle s wi h CP we e desc ibed acco ding o he
di e en impai men p ofiles (bila e al spas ici y = 10; a he osis o a axia = 16;
unila e al spas ici y = 77; minimum impai men = 18). All pa icipan s pe o med
h ee CMJs on a o ce pla o m o eco d kine ic pa ame e s du ing he es .
Resul s: The g oup o pa a- oo balle s p esen ed significan ly lowe alues han
he CG in he jump heigh (p<0.01, d=−1.28), peak powe (p<0.01, d=−0.84),
and he ne concen ic impulse (p<0.01, d=−0.86). Conce ning he pai wise
compa isons be ween CP p ofiles and he CG, significan di e ences we e ound
o he bila e al spas ici y, a he osis o a axia, and unila e al spas ici y subg oups
compa ed o he non-impai ed playe s o jump heigh (p<0.01;
d=−1.31 o −2.61), powe ou pu (p<0.05; d=−0.77 o −1.66), and
concen ic impulse o he CMJ (p<0.01; d=−0.86 o −1.97). When
compa ing he minimum impai men subg oup wi h he CG, only significan
di e ences we e ound o jump heigh (p= 0.036; d=−0.82). Foo balle s
wi h minimum impai men p esen ed highe jumping heigh (p= 0.002;
d=−1.32) and concen ic impulse (p= 0.029; d=−1.08) compa ed o hose
wi h bila e al spas ici y. Also, he unila e al spas ici y subg oup epo s a highe
jump heigh pe o mance han he bila e al g oup (p= 0.012; d=−1.12).
Conclusion: These esul s sugges ha he a iables ela ed o powe p oduc ion
du ing he concen ic phase o he jump a e c ucial o he pe o mance
di e ences be ween g oups wi h and wi hou impai men . This s udy p o ides
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EDITED BY
Giuseppe D’An ona,
Uni e si y o Pa ia, I aly
REVIEWED BY
Debo ah Ellen Tho pe,
Uni e si y o No h Ca olina a Chapel
Hill, Uni ed S a es
Ragab Elnagga ,
Cai o Uni e si y, Egyp
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Ma ías Hen íquez,
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RECEIVED 12 Decembe 2022
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PUBLISHED 26 Ap il 2023
CITATION
Hen íquez M, Sabido R, Ba bado D,
Roldan A, El i a JLL, Yanci J and Reina R
(2023), Di e ences in kine ic
cha ac e is ics du ing coun e mo emen
jump o oo ball playe s wi h ce eb al
palsy acco ding o impai men p ofiles.
F on . Physiol. 14:1121652.
doi: 10.3389/ phys.2023.1121652
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a mo e comp ehensi e unde s anding o kine ic a iables ha would di e en ia e
CP and non-impai ed oo balle s. Howe e , mo e s udies a e necessa y o cla i y
which pa ame e s be e di e en ia e among di e en p ofiles o CP. The findings
could help o p esc ibe e ec i e physical aining p og ams and suppo he
classifie ’s decision-making o class alloca ion in his pa a-spo .
KEYWORDS
o ce, jumping, b ain inju y, concen ic, Pa alympic
1 In oduc ion
Ve ical jump assessmen , in he o m o he coun e mo emen
jump (CMJ) es , is b oadly used o he measu emen o
neu omuscula s a us (Claudino e al., 2017), lowe -limb muscle
powe (Co mie e al., 2009), a igue assessmen (B owns ein e al.,
2017), aining load op imiza ion (Claudino e al., 2012), and is also
conside ed a ele an index o alen iden ifica ion in oo ball
playe s (S ølen e al., 2005;Cas agna and Cas ellini, 2013).
Foo ball equi es epe i i e ac ions based on s e ch-sho ening
cycles in di e en physical and echnical si ua ions such as
jumping (Bangsbo, 2014). Hence, he jumping abili y o oo ball
playe s is an aspec ha has been ex ensi ely s udied (S ølen e al.,
2005). This abili y is equen ly assessed h ough he CMJ es , as i is
an easy es o e alua e and can p o ide a high numbe o ele an
a iables o pe o mance moni o ing [i.e., powe / o ce
de elopmen , a e o o ce de elopmen (RFD), eloci y, eccen ic
ime/concen ic ime, jump heigh ]. In ac , some esea che s ha e
demons a ed he ela ionship be ween CMJ pa ame e s and sp in
pe o mance, kicking eloci y, and maximal s eng h in he lowe
ex emi ies, suppo ing he ele ance o ce ain a iables in
mechanical powe ou pu (Wislø e al., 2004;Dobbs e al., 2015;
Rod íguez-Lo enzo e al., 2016).
The e ical jump capaci y is also included in he e alua ion o
oo ball playe s wi h ce eb al palsy (CP) as a o m o moni o ing
physical aining objec i es (Yanci e al., 2016) and o classifica ion
pu poses o define who can compe e in his pa a-spo (Yanci e al.,
2016;Reina e al., 2018). CP oo ball is a discipline simila o he
egula spo o in e mi en cha ac e is ics, p esen ing some
adap a ions (i.e., played 7-a-side, 50 m × 70 m field size, 5 m ×
2 m goals, no-o side ule, among o he s) and b inging he
possibili y o be p ac iced by people wi h neu ological condi ions
(Yanci e al., 2016). Because o he a ie y o mo o impai men s
p esen ed by oo ball playe s wi h CP, only hose wi h an eligible
impai men o hype onia, a axia, o a he osis a e eligible o p ac ice
his pa a-spo (In e na ional Pa alympic Commi ee, 2016). Playe s
wi h CP p esen e ifiable physical p oblems ha a ec key ac i i ies
o spo s pe o mance, p esen ing di e en se e i y o he
impai men s acco ding o he body in ol emen such as
hemiplegia, wi h one side o he body a ec ed (e.g., mo e
a ec ed uppe limb han he lowe limb); diplegia a ec ing all
limbs bu wi h highe impai men s in lowe limbs han in uppe
limbs; o quad iplegia, wi h in ol emen in ou limbs and unk
(G aham e al., 2016). In CP oo ball, playe s wi h a minimum
impai men le el can pa icipa e in CP oo ball compe i ions, being
ele an o know he di e ences wi h able-bodied oo balle s and
iden i ying i he eligible impai men impac s he spo s
pe o mance o high unc ional pa icipan s, which is cons an ly
a challenge o he classifica ion p ocess (Tweedy e al., 2018). Some
o he p incipal neu ological cha ac e is ics and seconda y
consequences o playe s’muscle unc ion a e ela ed o he
p esence o o e s e ched sa come e leng hs, inc emen s in he
passi e mechanical s i ness, changes in he ex acellula ma ix,
and ans o ma ion o fibe ype due o he consequences o he
damage in co ical pa hways in he cen al ne ous sys em
(Ma hewson and Liebe , 2015;G aham e al., 2016;Dayanidhi
and Liebe , 2018) possibly ha ing a di ec e ec on he
pe o mance o mo o ac ions ela ed o oo ball demands, like
jump pe o mance (Reina e al., 2018;Reina e al., 2019). In his
ega d, Yanci e al. (2016) also epo ed a lowe anae obic
pe o mance eflec ed in e ical jump capabili y compa ed o
compe i i e and ama eu oo balle s wi hou disabili ies.
The CMJ es has shown good eliabili y (ICC = 0.88) and
alidi y o assessing jump pe o mance in oo balle s wi h CP
(Reina e al., 2018). Howe e , s udies ha ha e in es iga ed his
issue a e sca ce in CP oo ball and some o he esul s a e
inconclusi e. Fo example, Yanci e al. (2016), ound no
ela ionship be ween CMJ heigh pe o mance and he
classifica ion p ofile o a eam wi h 12 Spanish oo balle s wi h
CP. Con e sely, Reina e al. (2018) showed significan di e ences in
he same pe o mance a iable be ween unc ional p ofiles in a
g oup o 132 in e na ional pa a- oo balle s, e ealing di e ences
acco ding o impai men p ofile. Wi h ega d o his app oach, he
limi ed analysis o he jump heigh and peak powe pe o mance
may o e look he complex na u e o CMJ and he di e en
neu omuscula s a egies used by playe s o eligible mo o
in ol emen o CP oo ball (Ga he cole e al., 2015). The e o e,
a mo e comp ehensi e unde s anding o he key a iables ha
di e en ia e be ween impai men p ofiles and con ibu e o
pe o mance in he e ical jump may enable he p esc ip ion o
e ec i e physical aining p og ams o imp o ing s eng h and
condi ioning p ac ice in he a hle ic popula ion wi h CP. On he
o he hand, he iden ifica ion o key jump pa ame e s could
po en ially a o he de elopmen o p ac ical implica ions in
e idence-based classifica ion, imp o ing he s a egies o suppo
he class alloca ion o pa a- oo balle s wi h neu ological
impai men s. To he bes o he au ho s’knowledge, he e is
limi ed in o ma ion ega ding kine ic a iables in he e ical
jump pe o mance o oo balle s wi h CP, wi h s udies gene ally
only ocused on jump heigh pe o mance (Reina e al., 2018), peak
powe ou pu (Yanci e al., 2016), and e ical g ound eac ion o ce
(Cáma a e al., 2013). Howe e , no p e ious esea ch has
in es iga ed kine ic a iables du ing CMJ acco ding o he
di e en impai men p ofiles p esen ed in oo ball playe s wi h
CP. The e o e, his s udy aimed 1) o de e mine and compa e
kine ic pa ame e s du ing he ealiza ion o a CMJ be ween
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in e na ional oo balle s wi h CP and non-impai ed oo balle s, and
2) o analyze he di e ences in his ac ion be ween he di e en
playe s’impai men p ofiles [e.g., bila e al spas ici y (BS), a he osis/
a axia (AA), unila e al spas ici y (US), and minimum impai men
(MI)] and non-impai ed oo balle s.
2 Me hods
2.1 Pa icipan s
A con enience sample o 154 pa icipan s comp ising 121 male
in e na ional oo balle s wi h CP om 11 na ional eams and
33 male non-impai ed oo ball playe s [i.e., con ol g oup (CG)]
olun ee ed o pa icipa e in his s udy. The pa a- oo balle s we e
desc ibed acco ding o he di e en impai men p ofiles, such as BS
(i.e., spas ic diplegia), AA (i.e., coo dina ion impai men s), US
(i.e., spas ic hemiplegia), and MI (i.e., mild impai men ega ding
he o he h ee p ofiles) based on he desc ip ion o eligible
impai men s o a ec ed limbs included in he In e na ional
Fede a ion o Ce eb al Palsy Foo ball classifica ion ulebook
(IFCPF, 2018) and he Ce eb al Palsy In e na ional Spo s and
Rec ea ion Associa ion (CPISRA) classifica ion sys em (Reina,
2014) ha s ills applicable in Pa alympic spo s such as Pa a
A hle ics (Wo ld Pa a A hle ics, 2022). Playe s o he MI g oup
a e hose who p esen ed an eligible impai men o hype onia
(i.e., spas ici y g ade 1-2 in a leas one muscle g oup), a axia
(i.e., clea signs o ce ebella dys unc ion wi h emo o
dysme ia in coo dina ion es s), o dyskinesia (i.e., a he oid o
dys onic mo emen s in di e en pa s o he body, a ec ing
balance and coo dina ion) ha mee s he minimum impai men
se e i y equi emen o be eligible o play CP oo ball (Reina e al.,
2021a). All he pa icipan s p esen ed a unc ional p ofile o be
ca ego ized in Le el 1 o he G oss Mo o Func ion Classifica ion
Sys em (Jahnsen e al., 2006). The inclusion c i e ia o pa icipa ing
in he s udy we e o be eligible o compe e in his pa a-spo
(i.e., p esen ing he minimum eligible impai men o hype onia,
a axia, o a he osis), ha e a alid license om he IFCPF, be a an
in e na ional le el compe ing a wo ld championships, and no
p esen any inju ies in he 3 mon hs be o e da a collec ion. In he
case o he CG, a g oup wi h equi alen yea s o oo ball aining
expe ience was selec ed. The gene al cha ac e is ics o he
pa icipan s a e desc ibed in Table 1. Be o e he es ing session,
playe s ecei ed de ailed e bal ins uc ions and we e ully
amilia ized wi h he jumping p ocedu e in which he CMJ es
was pa o he spo classifica ion p ocess. The s udy’s
cha ac e is ics we e desc ibed o he pa icipan s, de ailed in an
o al explana ion and hey p o ided w i en in o med consen in
conco dance wi h Helsinki’s decla a ion (2013). The human e hics
commi ee o Miguel He nández Uni e si y app o ed all he s udy
p ocedu es (Re e ence numbe DPS.RRV.01.14).
2.2 P ocedu es
A c oss-sec ional s udy was conduc ed o examine kine ic
a iables du ing he CMJ, conside ing he impai men p ofiles o
he oo balle s wi h CP and compa ing hem wi h he CG. Be o e he
es ing, all he playe s we e equi ed o a oid s enuous physical
ac i i y. A s anda dized wa m-up was pe o med, consis ing o a 5-
min sel -paced low-in ensi y un, skipping exe cises, s ides, and wo
15-m sp in s wi h and wi hou changes o di ec ion (Reina e al.,
2018). The playe s we e asked o pe o m h ee CMJs wi h 30 s o
eco e y be ween each ial in a single session. The highes heigh
eached in any o he a emp s was conside ed o subsequen
analyses o he selec ed kine ic a iables.
2.3 Measu es
2.3.1 Ve ical jump capaci y
To pe o m he CMJ, he pa icipan s a ed in an up igh
s anding posi ion on he o ce pla o m wi h fixed hands on hips
and sus ained ha posi ion du ing he jump execu ion. All
pa icipan s pe o med a as flexion downwa d mo emen o
each app oxima ely 90°o knee flexion, ollowed by pe o ming
a maximum e ical jump wi h hip and knee ex ension and plan a
flexion du ing he fligh phase and landing in he s a ing place,
ying o each he maximal heigh in e e y ial. Those pa a-a hle es
who p esen ed spas ic hemiplegia and di ficul y main aining hei
hand on hei hip we e allowed o keep hei hand on one side o
hei body, keeping he ex emi y s a ic du ing he jump (Yanci e al.,
2016). Pe o mance a iables we e e alua ed on a o ce pla o m
(Kis le ™, Swi ze land, Model 9287B) ha eco ded e ical o ces
TABLE 1 Pa icipan s’cha ac e is ics da a.
Pa icipan g oups n Age (yea s) Body mass (kg) Heigh (cm) BMI (kg·m
−2
) T aining expe ience (yea s)
Ce eb al palsy g oup 121 25.7 ± 6.6 72.1 ± 10.3 175.6 ± 7.4 23.4 ± 3.0 10.4 ± 7.5
Bila e al spas ici y 10 25.7 ± 5.9 74.2 ± 8.2 177.3 ± 6.9 23.6 ± 2.5 11.1 ± 5.2
A he osis/A axia 16 26.3 ± 7.4 72.8 ± 9.8 174.9 ± 6.4 23.6 ± 2.8 9.6 ± 4.1
Unila e al spas ici y 77 25.2 ± 6.0 70.6 ± 10.4 175.2 ± 7.5 23.1 ± 3.2 9.3 ± 6.7
Minimum impai men 18 27.7 ± 8.6 76.9 ± 10.2 177.3 ± 8.3 24.5 ± 2.9 15.3 ± 11.4
Con ol g oup 33 19.6 ± 4.0 76.7 ± 8.5 179.1 ± 6.2 24.2 ± 2.3 9.8 ± 5.6
O e all sample 154 24.7 ± 6.6 73.1 ± 10.0 176.1 ± 7.3 23.5 ± 2.9 10.3 ± 7.1
Da a a e exp essed as mean and s anda d de ia ion. BMI, body mass index.
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wi h a sampling a e o 1,000 Hz. Cus om so wa e designed in
LabView ( e sion 12.0, Na ional Ins umen s, Texas, Uni ed S a es)
was used o analyze he CMJ es ou come a iables. Fo jump
es ing, he jump heigh (JH; uni s: cm) maximum displacemen was
calcula ed wi h he ollowing o mula V
2
/2g, whe e V
is he eloci y
a ake-o (m/s) ins an and gis g a i y accele a ion (9.8 m/s
2
). The
eloci y was ob ained om he in eg al o ce wi h espec o ime
using he apezoidal ule (Lin ho ne, 2001), and he highes jump
being conside ed o subsequen analyses. The peak powe ou pu
(PPO; uni s: W/kg) was calcula ed as he p oduc o he e ical
eloci y and o ce da a du ing he CMJ. The eccen ic phase o he
jump was conside ed when eloci y was nega i e and included he
quie phase, unweigh ing phase, and b aking phase om he s a o
he mo emen o ze o eloci y (Co mie e al., 2009). The onse o he
mo emen was iden ified 30 ms be o e he ins an when e ical
o ce was equal o o mo e han fi e imes he s anda d de ia ion o
body weigh which is calcula ed in he weighing phase (McMahon
e al., 2018). Va iables assessed in he eccen ic phase we e he peak
o ce eccen ic (PFE; uni s: N/kg), he mechanical impulse
quan ified as he o al o ce applied du ing he eccen ic phase
and no malized by body mass (EIMP; uni s: N·s·kg
−1
), and he ime
o peak o he eccen ic o ce (TTPEF; uni s: s). The concen ic phase
includes he p opulsi e s age be o e he akeo , whe e he eloci y
was posi i e in he o ce- ime cu e. The peak o ce concen ic (PFC;
uni s: N/kg) was he maximal o ce achie ed du ing he concen ic
phase whe e he change in displacemen was posi i e and e ical,
and he ne o ce concen ic impulse (CIMP; uni s: N·s·kg
−1
).
Addi ionally, ime o peak concen ic o ce (TTCF; uni s: s) was
conside ed. Each jumping phase’s a e o o ce p oduc ion was
quan ified using he maximum a e o o ce de elopmen
(mRFD; uni s: N/s), which was defined as he la ges o ce
inc ease du ing a 20 ms epoch (Wooda d e al., 1999). In
addi ion, he ime o he maximum a e o o ce de elopmen
(TTmRFD; uni s: s) was also compu ed (Reina e al., 2019). Time
o he o al jump du a ion (JD; uni s: s), decele a ion phase (DP;
uni s: s), eccen ic phase du a ion (ED; uni s: s), concen ic phase
du a ion (CD; uni s: s), and he a e o eccen ic and concen ic
impulse (E/C; uni s: a e) we e also egis e ed du ing he CMJ. All
he a iables o o ce and powe we e ela i ized by he pa icipan ’s
body mass (Co mie e al., 2009).
2.4 S a is ical analysis
The esul s a e p esen ed as means and s anda d de ia ion (±).
The da a dis ibu ion and homogenei y o a iances we e assessed
wi h Kolmogo o –Smi no and Le ene’s es s, espec i ely. The
coe ficien o a ia ion [(CV), in %] was calcula ed wi hin g oups
using he ollowing o mula: CV= (SD/Mean·100) (A kinson and
Ne ill, 1998). An independen o unpai ed S uden ’s - es was used
o de e mine he magni ude o di e ences be ween he g oup o
oo balle s wi h CP and he CG on he kine ic CMJ es a iables.
Conside ing he cha ac e is ics o he da a and he di e en g oups,
a one-way analysis o a iance (ANOVA) wi h Tukey’spos hoc
analysis was conduc ed o de e mine which kine ic a iables o CMJ
pe o mance di e s acco ding o he di e en impai men
subg oups o oo balle s wi h CP, including he CG. Cohen’sd
index e ec size (ES) was conside ed ollowing he in e p e a ion
p oposed by Rhea (2004) o highly ained a hle es: abo e 1.00,
be ween 0.50 and 1.00, be ween 0.25 and 0.50, and lowe han
0.25 we e conside ed la ge, mode a e, small, and i ial, espec i ely.
In addi ion, he Hedges gindex (Hedges and Olkin, 1985) was used
o p o ide an ES es ima ion educing he bias caused by small
samples (n <20). The analysis was pe o med wi h he S a is ical
Package o Social Science ( e sion 26, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL,
Uni ed S a es) and G aphPad P ism (P ism 6.0, San Diego, CA,
Uni ed S a es). S a is ical significance was se as p<0.05.
3 Resul s
3.1 Compa ison be ween ce eb al palsy
g oup and con ol g oup
Table 2 p esen s he di e ences in CMJ pa ame e s be ween
pa a- oo balle s wi h CP and he CG, including he ES and he CV.
The unpai ed - es showed ha JH pe o mance in he g oup o
pa a- oo balle s epo ed significan ly lowe alues han he CG (p<
0.01; d=−1.28, la ge). Addi ionally, PPO (p<0.001; d=−0.84,
la ge), and CIMP (p<0.001; d=−0.86, la ge), we e also significan ly
lowe in he CP oo ball g oup compa ed o he CG.
3.2 Compa ison be ween ce eb al palsy
impai men p ofiles
Table 3 displays he e ical jump pe o mance a iables o a
CMJ acco ding o pa a- oo balle s’impai men p ofiles and he
CG. O e all, he one-way ANOVA analysis showed significan
di e ences be ween he unc ional p ofiles in he da a a iables o
JH,PPO,andCIMP(p<0.01). Howe e , he e we e no
significan di e ences in he es o he a iables (p>0.05).
The mul iple be ween-subg oups compa isons o he o ce- ime
cha ac e is ics’ alues e eal ha he CG showed significan ly
highe sco es, wi h mode a e- o-la ge ESs, compa ed o BS, AA,
and US impai men p ofiles o he a iables JH (p<0.01;
d=−1.31 o −2.61), PPO (p<0.05; d=−0.77 o −1.66), and
CIMP (p<0.01; d=−0.86 o −1.97).
Table 4 shows he esul s ob ained in he compa ison be ween
he g oups o playe s wi h CP and he CG. In JH, pai wise
compa isons e ealed ha he BS g oup ob ained lowe alues
han he US and MI p ofiles du ing he CMJ es (p<0.012;
d=−1.12 o −1.32, la ge). Addi ionally, significan and mode a e
ES was ound o he compa ison be ween he MI g oup and he CG
(p= 0.036; d=−0.82). Al hough he di e ences ound we e no
significan , mode a e o la ge ESs we e ound o JH be ween BS and
AA g oups compa isons (p= 0.272; d= 0.78), and o PPO be ween
BS and AA (p= 0.344; d=−0.75), he BS and US (p= 0.093;
d=−0.81), and BS and MI (p= 0.099; d=−1.01) subg oups.
Fo he PFE, he MI and CG subg oups exhibi no significan
di e ences wi h mode a e ES compa ed o playe s om he BS
subg oup (p>0.791; d=−0.56 o −0.77, mode a e). No significan
di e ences we e ob ained in he pai wise compa ison o EIMP and
PFC (p>0.05). Howe e , a mode a e ES was ound be ween BS and
MI (d=−0.54), BS and CG (d=−0.55), AA and MI (d=−0.67), and
AA and CG (d=−0.67) in EIMP. Wi h ega d o CIMP, pai wise
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compa isons epo ed highe sco es o he pa a- oo balle s o he
MI subg oup compa ed o hose o he BS subg oup (p= 0.029;
d=−1.08, la ge), and mode a e ES wi hou significan di e ences
compa ed o he AA subg oup (p= 0.147; d=−0.76, mode a e).
No significan di e ences we e epo ed o he be ween-g oup
compa isons in mRFD (p>0.05; d= 0.04 o 0.19, i ial). Du ing
b aking o ces, AA and US had highe coe ficien s o a ia ion in he
a iables PFE and EIMP. Addi ionally, pa a- oo balle s wi h AA and
hemiplegic p ofiles epo ed he highes CV in he du a ion o he
eccen ic phase du ing CMJ.
The desc ip i e da a ega ding he o ce- ime cu e o he CMJ
acco ding o pa a- oo balle s’impai men p ofiles and non-
impai ed oo balle s h oughou he mo emen a e desc ibed in
Supplemen a y Figu e S1.
4 Discussion
The p esen s udy aimed o de e mine and compa e kine ic
pa ame e s du ing he ealiza ion o a CMJ in oo ball playe s wi h
and wi hou b ain impai men s and o analyze he di e ences
among playe s wi h di e en p ofiles/se e i y o impai men and
non-impai ed oo balle s. This s udy showed ha powe ou pu in
concen ic a iables associa ed wi h o ce and eloci y capabili ies o
he lowe limbs disc imina e be ween oo balle s wi h CP and non-
impai ed oo balle s (i.e., JH, PPO, and CIMP a iables). Rega ding
he di e ences among impai men p ofiles and CG, he heigh s
eached du ing he e ical jump, peak powe alues, and concen ic
impulse we e significan ly di e en compa ed o BS, AA, and US;
bu he MI subg oup only pe o med lowe JH compa ed o non-
impai ed playe s. Mo eo e , hose playe s wi h highe unc ionali y
p esen ed highe alues compa ed o hose wi h BS in JH and CIMP
a iables. Addi ionally, a hle es wi h a hemiplegic p ofile (US)
p esen ed highe jump heigh pe o mance han he BS subg oup.
4.1 Compa isons be ween ce eb al palsy
g oup and con ol g oup
Di e ences in he JH pe o mance be ween oo balle s wi h CP
and he CG could be explained by he ac ha his a iable is
p ima ily a ec ed by he ne e ical impulse du ing he concen ic
phase, pe mi ing he body mass displacemen a a highe eloci y
(Ki by e al., 2011;McMahon e al., 2017). P e ious esea ch on non-
impai ed pa icipan s has e ealed ha he mechanical powe
ou pu and ne e ical p opulsi e a iable we e di e en ia ing
ac o s o CMJ heigh be ween sexes (McMahon e al., 2017),
spo -specific p ac ice (La aye e al., 2014), and age (Loude
e al., 2018;Al e o-C uz e al., 2021). The esul s o his s udy
a e consis en wi h he s udy o Yanci e al. (2016) on a small g oup
o pa a- oo balle s, who p esen ed lowe peak powe compa ed o
ama eu and eli e playe s wi hou b ain damage. Simila ly, Reina
TABLE 2 Pe o mance a iables o a coun e mo emen jump o ce eb al palsy oo ball playe s and con ol g oup.
CMJ a iables O e all sample CP g oup Con ol g oup pd
M±SD CV (%) M ±SD CV (%) M ±SD CV (%)
Jump heigh (cm) 27.4 ± 6.4 23.4 25.8 ± 5.9 22.9 33.1 ± 4.9 14.8 <0.001** −1.28
Jump du a ion (s) 0.99 ± 0.33 33.3 1.00 ± 0.36 36.0 0.96 ± 0.16 16.7 0.513 0.12
Time o he maximum RFD (s) 0.68 ± 0.35 51.5 0.69 ± 0.38 55.1 0.64 ± 0.21 32.8 0.400 0.14
Maximum RFD (N/s) 8,475 ± 4,018 47.4 8,445 ± 4,161 49.3 8,587 ± 3,501 40.8 0.858 −0.04
Peak powe ou pu (W/kg) 23.35 ± 5.10 21.8 22.48 ± 4.90 21.8 26.54 ± 4.61 17.4 <0.001** −0.84
Eccen ic/Concen ic impulse a e 0.24 ± 0.08 33.3 0.24 ± 0.08 33.3 0.24 ± 0.06 25.0 0.872 0
Eccen ic phase
Decele a ion phase (s) 0.68 ± 0.22 32.4 0.68 ± 0.23 33.8 0.68 ± 0.14 20.6 0.864 0
Eccen ic du a ion (s) 0.43 ± 0.13 30.2 0.42 ± 0.13 31.0 0.45 ± 0.13 28.9 0.338 −0.23
Time o peak eccen ic o ce (s) 0.26 ± 0.09 34.6 0.26 ± 0.10 38.5 0.25 ± 0.09 36.0 0.922 0.1
Peak o ce eccen ic (N/kg) 3.60 ± 1.90 52.8 3.58 ± 2.01 56.1 3.68 ± 1.44 39.1 0.806 0.05
Eccen ic impulse (N·s·kg
−1
) 0.76 ± 0.31 40.8 0.74 ± 0.32 43.4 0.83 ± 0.26 30.8 0.130 −0.29
Concen ic Phase
Concen ic du a ion (s) 0.56 ± 0.32 57.1 0.58 ± 0.35 60.3 0.51 ± 0.13 25.5 0.283 0.22
Time o peak concen ic o ce (s) 0.82 ± 0.34 41.5 0.82 ± 0.37 45.1 0.79 ± 0.16 20.3 0.678 0.09
Peak o ce concen ic (N/kg) 13.09 ± 2.75 21.0 13.03 ± 2.93 22.5 13.28 ± 1.96 14.8 0.655 −0.09
Concen ic Impulse (N·s·kg
−1
) 3.06 ± 0.49 15.9 2.98 ± 0.49 16.3 3.38 ± 0.34 10.1 <0.001** −0.86
The S uden ’s - es o independen measu es. CMJ, coun e mo emen jump; CP, ce eb al palsy, M, mean; SD, s anda d de ia ion; CV, coe ficien o a ia ion; ES, e ec size; RFD, a e o o ce
de elopmen . Significan di e ences be ween playe s g oups in CMJ a iables (**p<0.01).
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e al. (2018) ound ha mains eam oo ball playe s ealized highe
e ical jumps in compa ison o playe s wi h CP wi h di e en
unc ional p ofiles, ca ego ized acco ding o hei impai men
se e i y and body in ol emen . Mo eo e , Flee on e al. (2022)
epo ed a significan ela ionship be ween he achie ed heigh
and he concen ic ela i e impulse in a hle es wi h CP,
suppo ing he ele ance o he o e all pe o mance in he
CMJ. Thus, pe o mance di e ences be ween pa a- oo balle s’
subg oups could be a ibu ed o he cha ac e is ics p esen ed in
he popula ion wi h CP, such as diminished muscle size (O’B ien
e al., 2021), impai ed neu omuscula ac i a ion (Rose and McGill,
2005), o highe coac i a ion pa e ns (Hussain e al., 2014),
impac ing on he pe o mance o unc ional ac i i ies.
The eccen ic con ac ion du ing he CMJ is an essen ial
componen ha con ibu es o p opulsi e o ces in he s e ch-
sho ening cycle (McB ide e al., 2008;Tu ne and Je eys, 2010;
Ga he cole e al., 2015). Du ing he eccen ic phase o he jump, he
unweigh ing componen impac s he o ce p oduc ion du ing he
b aking and p opulsi e phases, which is also condi ioned by
mo emen pa e ns and pa a- oo balle s’s a egies o decele a e
he body (McMahon e al., 2018). This s udy ound no
significan di e ences be ween g oups in a iables ela ed o he
eccen ic phase, p obably because he CP showed g ea a iabili y o
unc ional pa e ns due o he na u e o he diagnosis i sel (G aham
e al., 2016). Ou esul s ein o ce he idea ha he concen ic o ce
gene a ion was mo e c i ical in achie ing heigh du ing he e ical
jump. Pa a- oo balle s wi h CP could use di e en s a egies du ing
he jump descending phase acco ding o each indi idual’s
neu ological impai men , maybe eflec ing he consequences o
muscle weakness, al e ed coo dina ion, muscula co-con ac ion,
and/o muscula spas ici y du ing downwa d mo emen s in he
CMJ (Reina e al., 2018).
I should be no ed ha in p e ious s udies, he RFD was
iden ified as an index o ele an explosi e s eng h due o he
significan unc ional implica ions in mo o unc ion and he
influence du ing he e ical jump p oficiency in conjunc ion
wi h he neu omuscula coo dina ion o he lowe ex emi ies
(Rodacki e al., 2002;McLellan e al., 2011;Ma fiule i e al.,
2016). Howe e , p e ious s udies showed ha child en and
adul s wi h CP p esen ed a educed RFD compa ed o non-
impai ed indi iduals, p incipally using lowe limb isome ic
es ing o explo e he associa ions wi h impai ed mobili y
TABLE 3 One-way analysis o a iance o pe o mance a iables di e ences o a coun e mo emen jump acco ding o ce eb al palsy impai men p ofiles and
con ol g oup.
CMJ a iables Bila e al spas ici y
n=10
A he osis/A axia
n=16
Unila e al
spas ici y n=77
Minimum
impai men n=18
Con ol g oup
n=33
M±SD CV (%) M ±SD CV (%) M ±SD CV (%) M ±SD CV (%) M ±SD
Jump heigh (cm) 20.2 ± 4.7 23.4** 24.6 ± 6.1 24.6** 26.2 ± 5.4 20.5**
†
28.5 ± 6.7 23.6*
††
33.1 ± 4.9
Jump du a ion (s) 0.98 ± 0.13 13.6 0.93 ± 0.29 31.4 1.04 ± 0.42 40.2 0.93 ± 0.17 17.8 0.96 ± 0.16
Time o he maximum RFD (s) 0.71 ± 0.15 20.9 0.63 ± 0.27 42.5 0.71 ± 0.45 62.5 0.66 ± 0.23 35.0 0.64 ± 0.21
Maximum RFD (N/s) 8,085 ±
3,605
44.6 7,954 ±
2,690
33.8 8,546 ±
4,504
52.7 8,648 ±
4,226
48.9 8,587 ± 3,501
Peak powe ou pu (W/kg) 18.75 ± 4.63 24.7** 22.33 ± 4.63 20.7* 22.78 ± 4.95 21.7** 23.43 ± 4.46 19.0 26.54 ± 4.61
Eccen ic/Concen ic impulse
a e
0.25 ± 0.05 20.6 0.23 ± 0.06 25.6 0.24 ± 0.09 39.3 0.26 ± 0.06 23.1 0.24 ± 0.06
Eccen ic phase
Decele a ion phase (s) 0.70 ± 0.09 13.0 0.67 ± 0.23 34.3 0.69 ± 0.26 37.9 0.66 ± 0.13 20.4 0.68 ± 0.14
Eccen ic du a ion (s) 0.45 ± 0.06 14.2 0.46 ± 0.16 35.83 0.41 ± 0.14 34.8 0.42 ± 0.09 20.3 0.45 ± 0.13
Time o peak eccen ic o ce (s) 0.28 ± 0.07 25.9 0.28 ± 0.14 48.7 0.25 ± 0.10 40.3 0.25 ± 0.10 38.3 0.25 ± 0.09
Peak o ce eccen ic (N/kg) 2.90 ± 1.02 35.2 3.27 ± 1.77 54.3 3.63 ± 2.22 61.1 4.05 ± 1.63 40.4 3.68 ± 1.44
Eccen ic impulse (N·s·kg
−1
) 0.69 ± 0.22 31.6 0.66 ± 0.23 34.8 0.74 ± 0.35 47.5 0.84 ± 0.29 34.4 0.83 ± 0.26
Concen ic phase
Concen ic du a ion (s) 0.53 ± 0.12 22.8 0.47 ± 0.18 38.8 0.62 ± 0.42 67.7 0.51 ± 0.12 23.6 0.51 ± 0.13
Time o peak concen ic
o ce (s)
0.80 ± 0.13 16.3 0.78 ± 0.30 38.9 0.85 ± 0.43 50.9 0.73 ± 0.19 26.2 0.79 ± 0.16
Peak o ce concen ic (N/kg) 12.33 ± 2.69 21.8 13.40 ± 3.08 23.0 13.04 ± 3.01 23.1 13.06 ± 2.77 21.2 13.28 ± 1.96
Concen ic impulse (N·s·kg
−1
) 2.67 ± 0.40 14.9** 2.83 ± 0.42 14.9** 3.00 ± 0.48 16.1** 3.19 ± 0.50 15.7
†
3.38 ± 0.34
CMJ, coun e mo emen jump; M, mean; SD, s anda d de ia ion; RFD, a e o o ce de elopmen . *p<0.05, **p<0.01, Significan di e ences wi h espec o he con ol g oup.
†
p<0.05,
††
p<
0.01, Significan di e ences wi h espec o he bila e al spas ici y g oup.
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TABLE 4 Pai wise compa ison in he pe o mance a iables o a coun e mo emen jump acco ding o ce eb al palsy impai men p ofiles and con ol g oup.
CMJ a iables BS s. AA BS s. US BS s. MI BS s. CG AA s. US AA s. MI AA s. CG US s. MI US s. CG MI s. CG
pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd
Jump heigh 0.272 0.78 0.012 −1.12 0.002 −1.32 0.001 −2.61 0.829 −0.29 0.232 −0.59 0.001 −1.60 0.481 −0.41 0.001 −1.31 0.036 −0.82
Jump du a ion 0.993 0.20 0.990 −0.15 0.995 0.31 1.000 0.13 0.745 −0.27 1.000 0 0.997 −0.14 0.750 0.28 0.797 0.22 0.999 −0.18
Time o he maximum RFD 0.986 0.33 1.000 0 0.998 0.24 0.983 0.35 0.923 −0.19 0.999 −0.12 1.000 −0.04 0.986 0.12 0.837 0.18 0.999 0.09
Maximum RFD 1.000 0.04 0.997 −0.1 0.997 −0.14 0.997 −0.14 0.984 −0.14 0.988 −0.19 0.986 −0.19 1.000 −0.02 1.000 −0.01 1.000 0.02
Peak powe ou pu 0.344 −0.75 0.093 −0.81 0.099 −1.01 0.001 −1.66 0.997 −0.09 0.961 −0.24 0.034 −0.91 0.985 −0.13 0.002 −0.77 0.176 −0.67
Eccen ic/Concen ic impulse a e 0.921 0.34 0.971 0.11 1.000 −0.17 0.995 0.17 0.991 −0.12 0.793 −0.5 0.967 −0.16 0.856 −0.23 0.997 0 0.967 0.33
Eccen ic phase
Decele a ion phase 0.992 0.15 1.000 0.04 0.985 0.33 0.997 0.15 0.991 −0.08 1.000 0.05 0.997 −0.06 0.975 0.12 0.977 0.04 0.998 −0.14
Eccen ic du a ion 1.000 −0.07 0.907 0.3 0.971 0.36 1.000 0 0.786 0.35 0.938 0.31 1.000 0.07 1.000 −0.07 0.720 −0.29 0.949 −0.25
Time o peak eccen ic o ce 1.000 0 0.872 0.31 0.920 0.32 0.937 0.34 0.857 0.28 0.927 0.24 0.942 0.27 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0
Peak o ce eccen ic 0.989 −0.23 0.784 −0.34 0.548 −0.77 0.791 −0.56 0.958 −0.17 0.758 −0.45 0.955 −0.26 0.920 −0.2 1.000 −0.02 0.964 −0.24
Eccen ic impulse 0.999 0.13 0.984 −0.15 0.720 −0.54 0.687 −0.55 0.830 −0.24 0.401 −0.67 0.316 −0.67 0.750 −0.29 0.624 −0.28 1.000 0.04
Concen ic phase
Concen ic du a ion 0.990 0.36 0.911 −0.22 1.000 0.16 1.000 0.15 0.417 −0.38 0.995 −0.26 0.994 −0.27 0.680 0.28 0.446 0.31 1.000 0
Time o peak concen ic o ce 1.000 0.08 0.992 −0.12 0.985 0.4 1.000 0.06 0.923 −0.17 0.996 0.2 1.000 −0.05 0.654 0.3 0.914 0.16 0.973 −0.35
Peak o ce concen ic 0.875 −0.35 0.939 −0.24 0.962 −0.26 0.878 −0.44 0.991 0.12 0.997 0.11 1.000 0.05 1.000 −0.01 0.994 −0.09 0.999 −0.10
Concen ic impulse 0.886 −0.38 0.188 −0.7 0.029 −1.08 0.001 −1.97 0.676 −0.36 0.147 −0.76 0.001 −1.47 0.473 −0.39 0.001 −0.86 0.605 −0.46
CMJ, coun e mo emen jump; BS, bila e al spas ici y; AA, a he osis/a axia; US, unila e al spas ici y; MI, minimum impai men ; CG, con ol g oup, d, index e ec size; RFD, a e o o ce de elopmen .
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(Mo eau e al., 2012;Gee sen e al., 2015;Goud iaan e al., 2018).
The p esen RFD alues showed no significan di e ences,
sugges ing ha his pa ame e did no disc imina e be ween he
CP g oup and he CG. Resul s indica e ha non-impai ed oo balle s
eached a highe JH, p incipally p oducing a g ea e concen ic
impulse, i espec i e o he RFD a iable. The in e p e a ion o hese
esul s equi es cau ion due o he mul iple ac o s ha a ec RFD
p oduc ion (i.e., physiological and me hodological ac o s)
(Rod íguez-Rosell e al., 2018) and he high deg ee o esponse
a iabili y p esen ed in his s udy.
4.2 Compa ison be ween ce eb al palsy
impai men p ofiles
Conce ning he kine ic a iables, di e ences we e only ound o
JH, PPO, and CIMP when compa ing BS, AA, and US subg oups wi h
CG, and o JH when compa ing MI wi h CG. In addi ion, jump
heigh pe o mance showed di e ences be ween playe s’p ofiles,
which is simila o wha has been epo ed in a p e ious s udy on
oo balle s wi h CP and di e en impai men p ofiles (Reina e al.,
2018). Coinciding wi h hese esul s, An unes e al. (2017) epo ed
ha pa a-a hle es wi h CP and p ofiles o BS and AA p esen ed he
smalles pe o mance alues du ing e ical jumps. Those playe s wi h
a mo e impai ed p ofile, such as BS, showed he lowes sco e in he JH
pe o mance han he mo e unc ional g oups (i.e., US and MI),
p obably due o di e ences in muscle powe p oduc ion and he
e ical concen ic impulse. The playe s wi h BS o spas ic diplegia
p esen clinical cha ac e is ics associa ed wi h mo o diso de s ha
a e mo e p onounced in bo h lowe limbs (G aham e al., 2016),
limi a ions in he ange o mo emen o ankle do siflexion wi h
a iable loss o hams ing leng h (Kilgou e al., 2005), spas ici y
p esence as he mos common dominan mo o diso de (Re hle sen
e al., 2010), and impai ed muscle s eng h a ibu able o defici s in
olun a y ac i a ion associa ed wi h cons ain s in g oss mo o
pa ame e s (Ross and Engsbe g, 2007;Eek e al., 2011). These
ac o s could p obably a ec he lowe powe ou pu du ing he
jump, which depends on eloci y and limi s he olun a y
con ac ile capaci y o explosi e muscle o ce p oduc ion
(González-Badillo and Ma ques, 2010;Ea p e al., 2011).
In his s udy, he pa icipan s wi h AA (i.e., a axia o a he osis)
impai men s p esen ed a endency o di e ence wi h mode a e ES in
e ms o he a iables o JH (i.e., s. BS and MI), PPO (i.e., s. BS and
CG), eccen ic (i.e., s. MI and CG), and concen ic impulse (i.e., s.
MI). Playe s wi h AA a e cha ac e ized by p esen ing di ficul ies wi h
impai ed olun a y con ol due o a axia o in olun a y con ac ions
due o he a he osis, comp omising he o de ly muscula sequencing,
and p oblems in ealiza ion o mo emen s wi h abe an o ce, hy hm,
and inaccu acy, which impac oo ball-specific skills (Reina e al.,
2021b). Possibly, hese coo dina ion impai men s influence he
downwa d mo emen equi ed du ing he eccen ic jump phase,
whe e mechanical changes in echnique con ibu e o CMJ
pe o mance. The CMJ es equi es he capaci y o e ec i ely
ans e he s e ch-sho ening cycle inc emen ing he eccen ic
o ce- eloci y pa ame e s ansla ing momen um o concen ic o ce,
which in ol e complex in e ac ions o mul i-join mo emen s,
musculo endinous uni s, and neu omuscula ac o s ha con ibu e
o he pe o mance (Co mie e al., 2011;Thomas e al., 2015).
In olun a y sus ained o in e mi en con ac ions, emo s, and
dysme ia, among o he hype kine ic mo emen diso de s
commonly p esen ed in oo balle s wi h CP p ofiles, may influence
he ans e momen um be ween jump phases and he con ibu ion o
he eccen ic o ce impulse p oduc ion (Sange e al., 2010).
Ne e heless, u u e s udies should ocus on iden i ying jumping
s a egies and he cons ain s p oduced by hype kine ic mo emen s.
When compa ing he playe g oups wi h he pa icipan s who
p esen ed a hemiplegic p ofile, significan di e ences and conside able
ES we e only ound wi h he BS g oup and CG in he a iables JH,
PPO, and he magni ude o concen ic e ical impulse du ing he
jump. Acco dingly, pa a- oo balle s wi h hemiplegic p ofiles p esen
ma ked asymme ies when pe o ming a e ical jump, as a
consequence o muscle weakness and mo o compensa ion
s a egies influenced by he impai men cha ac e is ics (Runciman
e al., 2016;Reina e al., 2019). Hussain e al. (2014) analyzed he
neu omuscula ac o s con ibu ing o muscle weakness in isome ic
con ac ions o 11 ac i e spo smen wi h spas ic hemiplegia, showing
ha he pa e ic limb p esen s an impai ed neu al ac i a ion in
conjunc ion wi h di e ences in he gas ocnemius ana omical c oss-
sec ional a ea. The essen ial con ibu ion o neu omuscula ac o s and
he s e ch-sho ening cycle capabili ies as de e minan s o e ical
jump pe o mance is well known, and i migh be expec ed ha hese
cha ac e is ics also impac he e ical jump pe o mance pa ame e s.
Howe e , in he case o pa a-a hle es wi h CP, e en ha ing impai ed
componen s o hese de e minan s, a highe aining backg ound could
p o ide g ea e adap a ions enhancing physical p oficiency (Runciman
e al., 2016;McMahon e al., 2018).
Playe s wi h MI showed magni ude di e ences and mode a e o
la ge e ec sizes compa ed o BS and AA in a iables ela ed o JH,
powe ou pu p oduc ion, and o ce/ eloci y pa ame e s du ing bo h
phases o he e ical jump. These esul s a e consis en wi h ea ly
s udies showing ha playe s wi h mild impai men p ofiles p esen a
highe physical capaci y and pe o m be e han hose wi h mo e
impai ed p ofiles in di e en ac i i y limi a ion assessmen s (Reina
e al., 2018;Reina e al., 2020). The kinema ic jump esul s could be
linked due o he cha ac e is ics o his g oup, which include mild
mani es a ions o playe s wi h bila e al spas ici y, coo dina ion
impai men s, and unila e al spas ici y, cha ac e ized by he p esence
o he minimum impai men c i e ia (Peña-González e al., 2021). The
MI g oup p esen ed only significan di e ences in he heigh achie ed
du ing he e ical jump, howe e , in he es o he a iables, only a
mode a e ES was ound in he powe - ela ed pa ame e . This g oup
cha ac e is ically p esen s a minimal impac o he neu ological
consequences p oduced by CP on ac i i y limi a ion, so i migh
appea ha he alues ob ained we e close o hose ob ained by he
non-impai ed playe s, sugges ing possible adap a ions due o high-le el
aining (Runciman e al., 2016).
The esul s o he p esen s udy should be conside ed wi h
cau ion due o he unequal numbe o pa icipan s in each subg oup,
and he limi ed numbe o di e ences ound be ween impai men
p ofiles in he g oup o oo balle s wi h CP. Howe e , i should be
no ed he di ficul ies o ec ui pa icipan s wi h hese neu ological
cha ac e is ics. Hence, he s udy o he jumping cha ac e is ics in
pa icipan s wi h specific in ol emen such as bila e al spas ici y,
a axia, and dyskinesia wa an s u he in es iga ion o deepe
unde s and he ela ionship be ween impai men and ele an
physical ea u es.
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Based on he au ho s’knowledge, his is he fi s s udy o
de e mine di e ences in jump pa ame e s be ween oo balle s
wi h CP acco ding o hei impai men p ofiles and aking in o
conside a ion he eccen ic/concen ic phases o a e ical jump,
sugges ing ha he a iables ela ed o powe p oduc ion du ing he
concen ic phase o he jump a e c ucial o he pe o mance
di e ences be ween indi iduals’wi h and wi hou impai men .
Conside ing he a iable JH, only significan di e ences we e
ound be ween BS and US, BS and MI, BS and CG, AA and CG,
US and CG, and MI and CG. Mo eo e , ega ding he kine ic
a iables and he pai wise compa isons, only significan
di e ences we e ound o he powe ou pu be ween BS and CG,
AA and CG, US and CG; and o he concen ic impulse in BS and
MI, BS and CG, AA and CG, US and CG. Howe e , a limi a ion o
his s udy was ha playing posi ions and subg oup analysis h ough
CMJ pe o mance a iables (e.g., low- and high-skill jumpe s) o
indi idual di e ences we e no conside ed. Addi ionally, he limi ed
numbe o pa icipan s in some p ofiles (i.e., BS and AA) and he
o e - ep esen a ion o pa icipan s wi h unila e al spas ici y, which
is a cha ac e is ic o CP oo ball (Reina e al., 2021a), may educe he
s a is ical powe analysis. Fu he s udies should conside
inco po a ing a con ol o he downwa d mo emen and a
empo al-phase analysis o iden i y di e ences along wi h he
en i e CMJ o ce and powe ime pa ame e s and elucida e which
ac o s a e mo e de e minan o p o ide a deepe unde s anding o
he di e en p ofiles p esen ed in oo balle s wi h CP. In addi ion,
he ela ionships be ween he cha ac e is ics o he spas ic muscle
s uc u e componen s and ele an s e ch-sho ening cycle
mo emen s such as e ical jumps should be conside ed.
In e ms o he p ac ical implica ions o his s udy, s eng h and
condi ioning coaches should include in hei p og ams aining
ou ines ocus on powe muscle ac ions ha imp o e hose
pa ame e s o e ical jump pe o mance and eplica e he mos
equen challenging ac ions o ma ches o y o compensa e o he
nega i e impai men consequences on he mo o ac ions. On he
o he hand, classifie s mus conside in he decision-making o he
class alloca ion ha lowe -limb concen ic pa ame e s a e he key
ac o ha di e en ia es be ween g oups wi h and wi hou
impai men du ing CMJ pe o mance, and which depends on he
neu omuscula capaci y o playe s wi h CP. In o he wo ds,
classifica ion p ocedu es would no be ocused only on he
jumping (i.e., jump heigh ); including some a iables ela ed o
kine ic and kinema ics may be e eflec he ela ionships be ween
eligible impai men and ac i i y limi a ion.
Da a a ailabili y s a emen
The aw da a suppo ing he conclusion o his a icle will be
made a ailable by he au ho s, wi hou undue ese a ion.
E hics s a emen
The s udies in ol ing human pa icipan s we e e iewed and
app o ed by he Ins i u ional Re iew Commi ee o Miguel
He nández Uni e si y app o ed he p o ocol s udy (Re e ence
no. DPS.RRV.01.14). The pa icipan s p o ided hei w i en
in o med consen o pa icipa e in his s udy.
Au ho con ibu ions
Concep ualiza ion, RR and DB; Me hodology, RR, DB, and
MH; Fo mal analysis, RR, JLLE, and DB; In es iga ion, RS, DB,
and MH; Resou ces, RR and JY; Da a cu a ion, DB and JLLE;
W i ing—o iginal d a p epa a ion, AR, RR, MH, and JY;
W i ing— e iew and edi ing, RR, AR, DB, RS, JY, JLLE, and
MH;Visualiza ion,RRandAR;Supe ision,RRandJY;P ojec
adminis a ion, RR; Funding acquisi ion, RR and JY. All au ho s
ha e eadandag eed o hepublished e siono hemanusc ip .
Funding
This esea ch has been unded h ough he Uni e si y-
Company-Socie y 2020 P ojec con ened by he Uni e si y o he
Basque Coun y (UPV/EHU) en i led “¡MUÉVETE, TU TAMBIÉN
PUEDES! ANÁLISIS DE LA IN-CLUSIÓN DE PERSONAS CON
DIVERSIDAD FUNCIONAL EN CONTEXTOS DE ACTIVIDAD
FÍSICA (code US20/14)”and eques ed in collabo a ion wi h
Fundación Gai uzSpo Fundazioa.
Acknowledgmen s
The au ho s would like o acknowledge he suppo and
coope a ion o IFCPF s akeholde s, eams’s a , local o ganizing
commi ees, and, especially, he playe s o he na ions in ol ed in
his s udy.
Conflic o in e es
The au ho s decla e ha he esea ch was conduc ed in he
absence o any comme cial o financial ela ionships ha could be
cons ued as a po en ial conflic o in e es .
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and do no necessa ily ep esen hose o hei a filia ed
o ganiza ions, o hose o he publishe , he edi o s and he
e iewe s. Any p oduc ha may be e alua ed in his a icle, o
claim ha may be made by i s manu ac u e , is no gua an eed o
endo sed by he publishe .
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