PMID- 34550045 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240220 IS - 1752-6116 (Electronic) IS - 1476-3141 (Linking) DP - 2021 Sep 22 TI - A comparison of manual and automatic force-onset identification methodologies and their effect on force-time characteristics in the isometric midthigh pull. PG - 1-18 LID - 10.1080/14763141.2021.1974532 [doi] AB - The aim of this study was to assess the agreement of three different automated methods of identifying force-onset (40 N, 5 SDs, and 3 SDs) with manual identification, during the isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP). Fourteen resistance-trained participants with >6 months experience training with the power clean volunteered to take part. After three familiarisation sessions, the participants performed five maximal IMTPs separated by 1 min of rest. Fixed bias was found between 40 N and manual identification for time at force-onset. No proportional bias was present between manual identification and any automated threshold. Fixed bias between manual identification and automated was present for force at onset and F(150). Proportional but not fixed bias was found for F(50) between manual identification and all automated thresholds. Small to moderate differences (Hedges g = -0.487- -0.692) were found for F(90) between all automated thresholds and manual identification, while trivial to small differences (Hedges g = -0.122--0.279) were found between methods for F(200) and F(250). Based on these results, strength and conditioning practitioners should not use a 40 N, 5 SDs, or 3 SDs threshold interchangeably with manual identification of force-onset when analysing IMTP force-time curve data. FAU - Guppy, Stuart N AU - Guppy SN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9209-7409 AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. FAU - Brady, Claire J AU - Brady CJ AD - Sport Ireland Institute, National Sports Campus, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Kotani, Yosuke AU - Kotani Y AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. FAU - Connolly, Shannon AU - Connolly S AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. AD - High Performance Service Centre, Western Australian Institute of Sport, Mt Claremont, Australia. FAU - Comfort, Paul AU - Comfort P AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. AD - Directorate of Psychology and Sport, University of Salford, Salford, UK. AD - Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. FAU - Lake, Jason P AU - Lake JP AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. AD - Chichester Institute of Sport, University of Chichester, Chichester, UK. FAU - Haff, G Gregory AU - Haff GG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0676-7750 AD - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia. AD - Directorate of Psychology and Sport, University of Salford, Salford, UK. AD - Australian Weightlifting Federation, Brisbane, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210922 PL - England TA - Sports Biomech JT - Sports biomechanics JID - 101151352 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Performance testing OT - maximum strength OT - strength testing EDAT- 2021/09/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/23 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/22 12:15 PHST- 2021/09/22 12:15 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/14763141.2021.1974532 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Sports Biomech. 2021 Sep 22:1-18. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1974532.