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. 2023 Dec 8;5:1327379. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1327379

Table 2.

Countermovement vertical jump force-time metrics (x¯ ± SD) and comparison statistics between starters and non-starters.

Variable [unit] Starters Non-starters p-value Effect size
Eccentric phase
Braking phase duration [s] 0.293 ± 0.057 0.297 ± 0.066 0.884 0.064
Eccentric braking impulse [N·s] 66.1 ± 13.9 57.9 ± 16.5 0.111 0.531
Eccentric duration [s] 0.508 ± 0.095 0.495 ± 0.071 0.696 0.158
Eccentric peak velocity [m·s−1] 1.25 ± 0.20 1.17 ± 0.28 0.357 0.321
Eccentric peak force [N] 2,154.1 ± 352.9 2,128.9 ± 374.1 0.871 0.069
Eccentric mean force [N] 956.0 ± 79.1 914.2 ± 77.2 0.132 0.535
Eccentric peak power [W] 1,783.8 ± 580.3 1,514.7 ± 552.8 0.270 0.476
Eccentric mean power [W] 577.9 ± 113.9 517.5 ± 117.5 0.228 0.520
Concentric phase
Concentric duration [s] 0.247 ± 0.044 0.265 ± 0.025 0.700 0.522
Concentric impulse [N·s] 265.8 ± 25.5 257.1 ± 23.5 0.411 0.357
Concentric peak velocity [m·s−1] 2.86 ± 0.26 2.91 ± 0.14 0.646 0.249
Concentric peak force [N] 2,573.6 ± 188.9 2,493.8 ± 423.5 0.586 0.232
Concentric mean force [N] 2,004.9 ± 141.5 1,972.6 ± 262.8 0.730 0.147
Concentric peak power [W] 5,669.0 ± 1,011.3 5,401.5 ± 702.1 0.462 0.315
Concentric mean power [W] 2,954.8 ± 297.5 2,979.2 ± 447.3 0.883 0.063
Other
Contraction time [s] 0.751 ± 0.102 0.742 ± 0.103 0.649 0.088
Jump height [cm] 38.8 ± 7.4 40.0 ± 4.2 0.615 0.207
RSI-modified [ratio] 0.525 ± 0.080 0.559 ± 0.088 0.347 0.402
Countermovement depth [cm] 29.9 ± 4.1 28.8 ± 6.9 0.637 0.187

RSI, reactive strength index.