title: Performance indices selection for assessing anaerobic power during a 30 second vertical jump test.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to assess the validity of jump height (h), absolute (VPOWERABS) and relative to body mass (VPOWERREL) performance indices when elicited of a modified 30 s Bosco vertical jump test (VJT) based on the absolute (WPOWERABS) and relative (WPOWERREL) power values of a 30 s Wingate test (WAnT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen physical education students with mean ± SD age 21 ± 3 y, body mass 73.8 ± 7 kg and height 1.8 ± 0.06 m performed a 30 s VJT on a force plate and a 30 s WAnT on a Monark cycle ergometer. Performance data were expressed in W and W.kg-1 of body mass for WPOWERABS and WPOWERREL; in cm, W and W.kg-1 for h, VPOWERABS and VPOWERREL, respectively. The performance indices' values were expressed as means and SDs of the 30 s duration of both tests, as well as in 4 time intervals of 7.5 s (0-7.5 s, 7.5-15 s, 15-22.5 s, and 22.5-30 s).
  
  
  RESULTS
  WPOWERABS and h were significantly (P<0.05) correlated in the 4 time intervals (0-7.5 s: r=0.51; 7.5-15 s: r=0.36; 15-22.5 s: r=0.39) and in the overall duration of the test (0-30 s: r=0.38). Significant correlation was also revealed between VPOWERABS and WPOWERABS, but only for the interval 0-7.5 s (r=0.48).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A 30 s VJT is valid against a 30 s WAnT only when h is used as performance indices. The selection of the appropriate unit of measurement is important for assessing effort distribution in maximum effort tests of short duration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences University of Athens, Athens, Greece - aptheod@phed.uoa.gr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Theodorou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paradisis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panoutsakopoulos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smpokos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skordilis
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D055815:Young Adult