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The study sample comprised 43 junior- and senior-level (age = 20.5 \u00b1 6.0 years; height = 194.5 \u00b1 7.2 cm; body mass = 86.8 \u00b1 10.1 kg) elite male basketball players. Both limbs\/sides were tested in hip and trunk isometric strength; passive range of motion (RoM); unilateral, horizontal, and vertical jumping; and CoD tests, from which asymmetry indexes were calculated. The associations between asymmetry magnitudes were calculated with Spearman\u2019s \u03c1 correlation coefficient. The agreement between the direction of asymmetries on different levels was calculated with Cohen\u2019\u2019s Kappa (\u03ba) coefficient. The average magnitude of asymmetry varied substantially (2.9\u201340.3%). Most associations between asymmetry magnitudes measured on different levels were small and statistically non-significant, with a few exceptions of moderate and large associations. Asymmetry in single-leg countermovement jump parameters was strongly associated with hip abduction maximal strength (\u03c1 = 0.58 and 0.50, p &lt; 0.01). Agreement between asymmetry directions was slight to fair, with a few moderate exceptions. Results indicate that multiple tests are needed to obtain a comprehensive picture of athletes\u2019 asymmetries and that universal thresholds and golden standard tests for return to play should be reconsidered and reinvestigated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym13081436","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,5]],"date-time":"2021-08-05T09:35:32Z","timestamp":1628156132000},"page":"1436","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Relationship between Asymmetries Measured on Different Levels in Elite Basketball Players"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2835-7004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filip","family":"Ujakovi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Kinesiology of Sports, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10110 Zagreb, Croatia 2 Basketball Club Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"},{"name":"Basketball Club Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0747-3735","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nejc","family":"\u0160arabon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"},{"name":"Laboratory for Motor Control and Motor Behavior, Science to Practice, Ltd., S2P, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"18","article-title":"Inter-limb Asymmetry during Rehabilitation: Understanding Formulas and Monitoring the Magnitude and Direction","volume":"9","author":"Bishop","year":"2020","journal-title":"Aspetar Sport. 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