Single leg hop tests are an important assessment in determining a patient's readiness to return to sport following a lower limb injury such as ACL reconstruction and ankle sprain. However tests like the single and triple hop for distance don't assess the functional endurance of the lower limb, which is why I love the SIDE HOP test. Moral of the story; Hop as many times as you can for 30sec over 2 lines spaced 40cm apart. Landing on the line or inside the lines don't count. Aim is to be within 90

HOP TEST CLUSTER OF GUSTAVSSON The hop tests of Gustavsson test maximum single leg hop performance and performance under increasing fatigue. There are three tests: The vertical jump test, the hop for distance and the side hop test. The goal of the tests is to discriminate between the hop performance of the injured and the uninjured side in patients with an ACL injury and ACL reconstruction. ICC values for all tests ranged from 0.85 to 0.97, so all individual tests had high test–retest reliabilit