A systematic review investigating measurement properties of physiological tests in rugby

Chiwaridzo, Matthew; Oorschot, Sander; Dambi, Jermaine M.; Ferguson, Gillian D.; Bonney, Emmanuel; Mudawarima, Tapfuma; Tadyanemhandu, Cathrine; Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.

doi:10.1186/s13102-017-0081-1

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 2 An overview of tests used to measure specific physiological characteristics as described in the included studies

From: A systematic review investigating measurement properties of physiological tests in rugby

Physiological construct*	Corresponding test(s)	Reference(s)	N
Speed	10 m, 20 m and 40 m sprint test	[30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41]	12
	10 m, 20 m, 30, and 60 m sprint test	[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]	8
	10 m and 40 m sprint test	[7, 10, 16, 27, 49, 61, 77]	7
	10 m and 20 m sprint test	[5, 18, 55,56,57, 69]	6
	5 m, 10 m and 20 m sprint test	[19, 29, 75]	3
	10 m, 20 m and 30 m sprint test	[17, 48, 52]	3
	10 m and 30 m sprint test	[6, 62]	2
	5 m, 10 m, 20 m and 40 m sprint test	[53, 59]	2
	10 m and 60 m sprint test	[66]	1
	10 m, 20 m, 30 m and 40 m sprint test	[64]	1
	10 m, 30 m and 40 m sprint test	[76]	1
	10 m, 20 m, 30 m, 40 m and 50 m sprint test	[8]	1
	5 m, 10 m and 30 m sprint test	[79]	1
	5 m and 10 m sprint test	[73]	1
	15 m and 40 m sprint test	[58]	1
	20 m sprint test	[63]	1
Repeated-sprint ability	Repeated 20 m sprint test	[16, 29, 49,50,51]	5
Repeated-sprint ability	Rugby specific repeated speed (RS²) test	[17, 52]	2
Repeated-effort ability	Repeated effort ability test	[51]	1
Repeated high intensity exercise performance	Repeated high intensity exercise (RHIE) Back test	[24]	1
	Repeated high intensity exercise (RHIE) RL Forward test	[24]	1
	Repeated high intensity exercise (RHIE) RU Forward test	[24]	1
Prolonged high-intensity intermittent running ability/Endurance	Yo-yo intermittent recovery test (level 1)	[15, 18, 53,54,55,56, 59, 60]	8
	Repeated 12 s sprint shuttle speed test	[16, 49, 50]	3
	Yo-yo intermittent recovery test (level 2)	[24]	1
	Multistage fitness test	[57]	1
	5 min run	[58]	1
Maximal aerobic power/uptake	Multistage fitness test	[7, 8, 10, 16, 27, 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37, 40, 41, 43,44,45,46, 48,49,50, 61,62,63,64,65,66,67]	29
	Yo-yo intermittent recovery test (level 1)	[69]	1
	30–15 Intermittent Fitness test (30–15_IFT)	[68]	1
	1500 m run (Metabolic Fitness Index)	[42]	1
Maximal aerobic speed/Anaerobic speed reserve	30–15 Intermittent Fitness test (30–15_IFT)	[53, 59]	2
Anaerobic endurance	Triple 120 m shuttle (T120S) test	[70]	1
	Wingate 60 (w60) cycle test	[70]	1
	300 m shuttle run test	[71]	1
	400 m sprint test (Metabolic Fitness Index for Team Sports)	[42]	1
Change of direction speed/Agility	(Agility) 505 test	[16, 19, 36, 37, 41, 43,44,45,46,47,48,49, 53, 65,66,67, 72]	17
	L-run	[19, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, 58]	7
	Illinois Agility test	[27, 30, 64]	3
	Modified 505 test	[19, 73]	2
	Change of direction speed test	[6, 74]	2
	Agility test	[75]	1
	Novel agility test (no specific name given)	[77]	1
Lower body muscular power	Vertical (Sargent) jump test	[15, 16, 30,31,32,33,34,35,36, 40, 49, 61, 64, 65, 73]	15
	Countermovement jump test (CMJ)	[18, 38, 39, 41, 43,44,45,46,47,48, 53, 55,56,57, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 69, 75, 76]	22
	Jump squat test	[13, 75, 77,78,79]	5
Lower body muscular strength	1 repetition maximum (RM) back squat	[5, 17, 18, 38, 55, 56, 69, 77, 80]	9
	1 RM box squat	[13, 42]	2
	3 RM back squat	[15, 60]	2
	Isometric squat on force plate	[75]	1
Upper body muscular power	2 kg medicine ball chest throw	[41, 43,44,45,46,47,48, 57, 66]	9
	20s push up test	[36]	1
	Overhead medicine ball throw	[73]	1
	Bench throw	[13]	1
	20s chin up test	[36]	1
	Plyometric Press-up	[60]
Upper body muscular strength	1RM bench press	[5, 7, 17, 18, 27, 38, 42, 55, 56, 58, 69, 78, 80]	13
	1RM chin up test	[17, 42]	2
	3RM bench press	[15, 60]	2
	Push test	[27]	1
	Prone row	[18]	1
Upper body muscular endurance	60s push up test	[36]	1
	60s chin up test	[36]	1
	Bench press repetitions-to-fatigue at 60% 1RM	[81]
	1RM Bench press repetitions-to-fatigue at 60 kg	[81]	1
	1RM Bench press repetitions-to-fatigue at 102.5 kg	[81]
	Pull up test	[7]	1
	Body mass bench press with repetition	[15]	1
	30s plyometric push-up test	[58]	1
Abdominal endurance	60s sit-up	[58]	1

RL rugby league, RU Rugby union
*The physiological characteristic is written as described in the original article

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