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Take-off efficiency: transformation of mechanical work into kinetic energy during the Bosco test
 
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Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, the Czech Republic
 
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University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, the Czech Republic
 
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Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
 
 
Online publication date: 2018-02-26
 
 
Hum Mov. 2017;18(3):34-39
 
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Purpose:
The aim of the study is to present a new method for determining the efficiency of take-off during a 60-s Bosco repeated vertical jump test.

Methods:
The study involved 15 physical education students (age: 21.5 ± 2.4 years; height: 1.81 ± 0.08 m; mass: 76 ± 9 kg). The data were collected with the use of a pedobarographical system (Pedar-x; Novel, Munich, Germany). The statistical analysis utilized a simple linear regression model.

Results:
Owing to possible fatigue, flight time and flight height decreased. The average flight height was 0.260 ± 0.063 m, and the average contact time equalled 0.54 ± 0.16 s. The average anaerobic power values calculated for the 60-s work period had the mean value of 21.9 ± 6.7 W • kgBW–1; there was a statistically significant (p < 0.05) decrease in anaerobic power during the 60-s Bosco test.

Conclusions:
The efficiency of mechanical work was highest at the beginning of the test, reaching values of up to 50%. The efficiency of mechanical work conversion into mechanical energy seems to be an appropriate determinant of rising fatigue during the 60-s Bosco jumping test.

ISSN:1899-1955
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