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Sports Sciences

Daemen University

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2019

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A Critically Appraised Topic On The Tuck Jump Assessment: Does The Tuck Jump Assessment Demonstrate Interrater And Intrarater Reliability In Healthy Individuals?, Marissa L. Mason, Marissa N. Clemons, Kaylyn B. Labarre, Nicole R. Szymczak, Nicole J. Chimera Oct 2019

A Critically Appraised Topic On The Tuck Jump Assessment: Does The Tuck Jump Assessment Demonstrate Interrater And Intrarater Reliability In Healthy Individuals?, Marissa L. Mason, Marissa N. Clemons, Kaylyn B. Labarre, Nicole R. Szymczak, Nicole J. Chimera

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Clinical Scenario: Lower-extremity injuries in the United States costs millions of dollars each year. Athletes should be screened for neuromuscular deficits and trained to correct them. The tuck jump assessment (TJA) is a plyometric tool that can be used with athletes.

Clinical Question: Does the TJA demonstrate both interrater and intrarater reliability in healthy individuals?

Summary of Key Findings: Four of the 5 articles included in this critically appraised topic showed good to excellent reliability; however, caution should be taken in interpreting these results. Although composite scores of the TJA were found to be reliable, individual flaws …