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This study evaluated the accuracy and between-session reliability of a portable force platform (Impera, Spinitalia) under static loading, and its concurrent validity during vertical jumping, against a criterion-standard piezoelectric plate with calibration traceable to national standards (4Jump, Kistler). Accuracy and between-session reliability were assessed against five tared loads (21.6\u2013103.2 kg) applied at five plate locations across two sessions 24 h apart. Concurrent validity was assessed during squat and countermovement jumps performed by ten physically active men, using intraclass correlation coefficients, Bland\u2013Altman analysis and the linear fit method applied to the entire force\u2013time waveform. Both platforms underestimated the lightest load by about 4% and approached zero error at higher loads; the between-device difference was 0.19 kg and did not translate into a difference in proportional accuracy (p = 0.151), with no device \u00d7 position interaction. Between-session coefficients of variation were below 1% for both devices. Concurrent agreement was good to excellent for all jump variables (ICC 0.867\u20130.996), and waveform agreement was close to unity (R2 \u2265 0.997), with about 2% amplitude underestimation, greater in participants generating the highest impact forces. The Impera platform provides accurate and reliable measurements under static loading, and force\u2013time data that agree closely with the 4Jump during vertical jump testing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s26185850","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T18:23:53Z","timestamp":1789496633000},"page":"5850","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Accuracy, Reliability and Waveform-Level Agreement Between the Impera Force Platform and a Criterion-Standard Force Plate"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2347-0975","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dario","family":"Pompa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University \u201cG. d\u2019Annunzio\u201d of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy"},{"name":"BIND\u2014Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University \u201cG. d\u2019Annunzio\u201d of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2182-8312","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandra","family":"Caporale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University \u201cG. d\u2019Annunzio\u201d of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy"},{"name":"Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), 66100 Chieti, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0616-9726","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Buglione","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3478-7692","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pietro","family":"Picerno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4254-3105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johnny","family":"Padulo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, 20134 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Raymond, F., Lussier, B., Dugas, F., Charbonneau, M., Croteau, F., Kennedy, C., and Berryman, N. 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