Development and Reliability of a Visual-Cognitive Reactive Triple Hop Test.
Byrnadeen T Farraye, Janet E Simon, Meredith Chaput and 3 others
PMID 37328155WHAT IT FOUND
A new hop test with visual and memory challenges reliably measured distance in healthy students.
Adding these tasks cut hop distance by 8.17%, showing the dual-task load affects performance. Reaction time scores were less consistent between sessions. This test is not yet validated for injured patients.
Key findings
01The visual-cognitive reactive triple hop test showed excellent reliability for maximum hop distance (ICC = .92), but only moderate reliability for reaction time (ICC = .62).
02Adding the visual-cognitive task significantly decreased maximum hop distance by 8.17% compared to the traditional triple hop test.
03There was no significant difference in physical errors between the traditional and visual-cognitive triple hop tests.
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What it does not show
The study included only 21 healthy, recreationally active college students, so results cannot be generalized to injured athletes or other populations. Reaction time reliability was only moderate (ICC = .62), making it less consistent than hop distance. Shoes were not standardized, which could affect hopping performance. Fatigue may have been a factor because the system did not record reaction time on all trials, leading to extra attempts.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not use this test for return-to-sport decision-making in injured patients. The study validated reliability only in healthy college students, and the authors explicitly state that further research is required to validate the tests for use after injury.