PMID- 28714767 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180405 LR - 20180405 IS - 1555-0273 (Electronic) IS - 1555-0265 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Mar 1 TI - Comparison of Methods of Calculating Dynamic Strength Index. PG - 320-325 LID - 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0255 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To determine the reliability and variability of the Dynamic Strength Index (DSI) calculated from squat-jump (SJ) vs countermovement-jump (CMJ) peak force (PF) and to compare DSI values between methods. METHODS: Male youth soccer and rugby league players (N = 27; age 17.2 +/- 0.7 y, height 173.9 +/- 5.7 cm, body mass 71.1 +/- 7.2 kg) performed 3 trials of the SJ, CMJ, and isometric midthigh pull (IMTP) on 2 separate days. DSI was calculated by dividing the PF during each jump by the IMTP PF. RESULTS: DSI-SJ exhibited moderate (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = .419) within-session reliability and high variability (percentage coefficient of variation [%CV] = 15.91) during session 1; however, this improved noticeably during session 2 (ICC = .948, %CV = 4.03). In contrast, DSI-CMJ showed nearly perfect within-session reliability (ICC = .920-.952) and low variability (%CV = 3.80-4.57) for both sessions. Moreover, DSI-SJ values demonstrated a small yet significant increase between sessions (P = .01, d = 0.37), whereas only a trivial and nonsignificant increase was observed for DSI-CMJ between sessions (P = .796, d = 0.07). Between-sessions reliability was very high for the DSI-SJ (ICC = .741) and nearly perfect for the DSI-CMJ (ICC = .924). There was no significant or meaningful difference (P = .261, d = 0.12) between DSI-SJ (0.82 +/- 0.18) and DSI-CMJ (0.84 +/- 0.15). CONCLUSIONS: Practitioners should use DSI-CMJ, as it is a more reliable measure than DSI-SJ, although it produces similar ratios. FAU - Comfort, Paul AU - Comfort P FAU - Thomas, Christopher AU - Thomas C FAU - Dos'Santos, Thomas AU - Dos'Santos T FAU - Jones, Paul A AU - Jones PA FAU - Suchomel, Timothy J AU - Suchomel TJ FAU - McMahon, John J AU - McMahon JJ LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180307 PL - United States TA - Int J Sports Physiol Perform JT - International journal of sports physiology and performance JID - 101276430 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Athletes MH - Athletic Performance MH - Exercise Test/*standards MH - Football MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Muscle Strength MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Soccer OTO - NOTNLM OT - isometric force OT - jump performance OT - strength assessment EDAT- 2017/07/18 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/06 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/18 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0255 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2018 Mar 1;13(3):320-325. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0255. Epub 2018 Mar 7.