Jumping Power and Daily Life Performance in Young and Older Adults

40 participants (20 young, 20 older) performed countermovement jumps and timed up-and-go tests to investigate age-related declines in muscle power. The dataset includes measurements from maximal isometric knee extension torque and jumping tasks under normal, loaded, and unloaded conditions. It was authored by Hans Degens and last updated on 2026-05-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling the force-velocity relationship based on jump performance data under different loading conditions.
• Identifying critical power thresholds for functional mobility based on the timed up-and-go test results.
• Comparing muscle contractile properties between age and gender groups using maximal isometric torque and jump velocity data.

Strengths

• Includes data from 40 participants with balanced age and gender groups (20 young, 20 older; 10 men, 10 women per group).
• Captures performance under three distinct experimental conditions (normal, loaded, unloaded) for the countermovement jump.
• Published under a CC-0 license, allowing for unrestricted reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (47.9 KB), indicating a limited scope suitable for pilot or proof-of-concept studies.

Provenance

Source

Hans Degens via figshare.

Collection Method

Experimental study with human participants performing physical tests.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 16:58:55; freshness should be verified.