INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, it is very common to find athletes with intellectual disability (ID) practicing karate. To assess their physical fitness, it is necessary to use appropriate tools which allow the assessment of their physical capacities taking into account their specific characteristics (Cabeza-Ruiz, 2020). The aim of this work is to study the reliability and correlation of two tests doing specific movements applied to karate for people with intellectual disabilities. METHODS: Thirteen athletes with ID of both sexes, who train in the Karate Federation of Madrid between the ages of 18 and 32, participated in this study. The athletes performed two attempts of the hand grip dynamometry (takei Ltd.) making use of both sides in order to evaluate the manual force and the countermovement jump (CMJ) (Chronojump, Boscosystem) to calculate the height of the jump. In addition, they performed a punch (giaku tsuki) and a kick (mae geri) to analyze the time of execution using the Kinovea software (v. 0.8.15) in order to find a correlation with the tests mentioned above. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), with a confidence interval (CI) of 95%, and the standard error of measurement (SEM) were used to analyze the Intrasession reliability. Pearson correlation was used to relate the two tests with the execution time of punch and the kick. RESULTS: The ICC intrasession values obtained were 0.91 and 0.87 for CMJ and dynamometry, respectively. SEM was lower than 0.01 m for CMJ and 0.61 N for dynamometry. Additionally, the relationship between the execution time of the dominant side of the punch as well as the force of the hand of the same side had a correlation of r = 0.908, p < 0.01. Furthermore, the relationship between the execution time of the dominant side of the kick and the height of the jump had a correlation of r = 0.892, p < 0.01. CONCLUSION: ICC intrasession was excellent in both tests. Taking into account the data found in our study, it can be concluded that CMJ test and the hand grip dynamometry test are highly recommended to evaluate the height jump and the force of the upper and limbs of people training Karate, due to it presents very significant levels of correlations according with the time of execution of a kick and a punch when practicing this sport. This information may be helpful in order to plan training through simple and low cost tests as well as to detect talent.
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