Journal of Athletic EnhancementISSN: 2324-9080

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Research Article, J Athl Enhanc Vol: 8 Issue: 3

Intra and Inter-rater Reliability of the Volodalen® Scale to Assess Aerial and Terrestrial Running Forms

Patoz A1*, Gindre C1, Mourot L2,3 and Lussiana T4

1Volodalen, Swiss SportLab, Aigle, Switzerland

2Research Unit EA 3920, Prognostic Markers and Regulatory Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases and Exercise Performance, Health, Innovation platform, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

3Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

4Volodalen, Research and Development Department, Chavéria, France

*Corresponding Author : Patoz A
Aurélien Patoz, Volodalen, Swiss SportLab, Aigle, Switzerland
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+41 (0)79 535 07 16
E-mail: aurelien@volodalen.com

Received date: May 03, 2019 Accepted date: June 13, 2019 Published date: June 20, 2019

Citation: Patoz A, Gindre C, Mourot L, Lussiana T (2019) Intra and Inter-rater Reliability of the Volodalen® Scale to Assess Aerial and Terrestrial Running Forms. J Athl Enhanc 8:2.



Abstract

Running form being a global system defined by several biomechanical parameters, it is of major interest to assess it using a global method. For this purpose, the Volodalen® scale was developed. This scale, based on five items, attributes a global subjective score (V®score) to the running form of individuals and allows their classification along an aerial-terrestrial continuum. As no study has yet reported the reliability of such scale, the aim of this paper was to evaluate its intra- and inter-rater reliability. Thirty-six runners ran two 10-min running trials. Runners were classified according to their V®score by two experts and one novice raters. Relative and absolute reliability, and systematic bias were determined by intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV), and statistically significant difference, respectively. Regarding the global V®score, high intra-rater reliability for the expert (CV=6.1 ± 7.0%, ICC=0.940, and p-value=0.864) and high inter-rater reliability for both novice (CV=6.6 ± 6.5%, ICC=0.945, and p-value=0.248) and expert (CV=6.8 ± 5.7%, ICC=0.950, and p-value=0.405) raters were involved. However, several subcomponents of the V®score reported poor inter-rater reliability. The Volodalen® scale is a reliable tool to assess global running forms whatever the degree of expertise whereas the subjective assessment of a single parameter of the V®score is rater-dependent.

Abstract

Running form being a global system defined by several biomechanical parameters, it is of major interest to assess it using a global method. For this purpose, the Volodalen® scale was developed. This scale, based on five items, attributes a global subjective score (V®score) to the running form of individuals and allows their classification along an aerial-terrestrial continuum. As no study has yet reported the reliability of such scale, the aim of this paper was to evaluate its intra- and inter-rater reliability. Thirty-six runners ran two 10-min running trials. Runners were classified according to their V®score by two experts and one novice raters. Relative and absolute reliability, and systematic bias were determined by intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV), and statistically significant difference, respectively. Regarding the global V®score, high intra-rater reliability for the expert (CV=6.1 ± 7.0%, ICC=0.940, and p-value=0.864) and high inter-rater reliability for both novice (CV=6.6 ± 6.5%, ICC=0.945, and p-value=0.248) and expert (CV=6.8 ± 5.7%, ICC=0.950, and p-value=0.405) raters were involved. However, several subcomponents of the V®score reported poor inter-rater reliability. The Volodalen® scale is a reliable tool to assess global running forms whatever the degree of expertise whereas the subjective assessment of a single parameter of the V®score is rater-dependent.

Keywords: Running form; Biomechanics; Reliability; Validation; Subjective scale; Coaching; Training

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