RT journal article
T1 Potential Energy as an Alternative for Assessing Lower Limb Peak Power in Children: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis
A1 Fernández Santos, Jorge del Rosario
A1 Gutiérrez Manzanedo, José Vicente
A1 Arroyo García, Pelayo
A1 Izquierdo Jurado, José
A1 González Montesinos, José Luis
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 children
K1 countermovement jump
K1 potential energy
K1 Bayesian analysis
AB The aim of this study was to analyze the use of potential energy (PE) as an alternative method to assess peak power of the lower limbs (PP) in children. 815 Spanish children (416 girls; 6-11 years old; Body Mass Index groups (n): underweight = 40, normal weight = 431, overweight = 216, obese = 128) were involved in this study. All participants performed a Countermovement Jump (CMJ) test. PP was calculated using Duncan (PPDUNCAN), Gomez-Bruton (PPGOMEZ) and PECMJ formulas. A model with PECMJ as the predictor variable showed a higher predictive accuracy with PPDUNCAN and PPGOMEZ than CMJ height (R-2 = 0.99 and 0.97, respectively; ELPDdiff = 1037.0 and 646.7, respectively). Moreover, PECMJ showed a higher linear association with PPDUNCAN and PPGOMEZ across BMI groups than CMJ height (beta(PECMJ) range from 0.67 to 0.77 predicting PPDUNCAN; and from 0.90 to 1.13 predicting PPGOMEZ). Our results provide further support for proposing PECMJ as an index to measure PP of the lower limbs, taking into account the children's weight and not only the height of the jump. Therefore, we suggest the use of PECMJ in physical education classes as a valid method for estimating PP among children when laboratory methods are not feasible.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2022
FD 2022-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27209
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27209
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026