<i>Theory</i>into<i>Practice</i>: Stretching: Does it help?

Vardiman, Phillip; Carrand, David; Gallagher, Philip M.

doi:10.1080/08924562.2010.10590884

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“…Dynamic warm-up uses controlled movements which are performed in an organized movement patterns in order to increase the range of motion, core body temperature, and also motor unit activation. These exercises are specific for the sport or activity which follows (Vardiman et al, 2010). Influence of dynamic and static stretching on the height of vertical jump and electromyography (EMG) of musculus vastus medialis was examined by Hough et al (2009).…”

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The purpose of the study was to find out and compare different warm-up modalities on countermovement vertical jump performance. This study consisted of 12 strength-trained athletes from different kind of sports and also university students of physical education (age: 20 ± 1.1 years; body mass: 82 ± 15.8; body height: 184 ± 8.7). Participants performed 6 warm-up protocols. Protocol 1: Dynamic stretching (DS), protocol 2: Dynamic stretching + ballistic stretching (DS+BAL), Protocol 3: Dynamic stretching + track and field running drills (DS+TFRD), Protocol 4: Dynamic stretching + half-squat jumps (DS+HSJ), Protocol 5: Dynamic stretching + plyometric exercise-drop jumps (DS+DJ), protocol 6: Control testing (CON). Series of independent One-way analysis of variances with repeated measures were used to calculate differences among warm-up protocols and between time intervals. Results show that all warm-up protocols had a positive impact to increase the height of vertical jump compared to CON. The most effective warm-up modality was found DS+HSJ after 3 (F = 19.603, p < 0.01, ES = 0.641) and 8 (F = 27.879, p < 0.001, ES = 0.717) minutes of rest interval compared to CON. Significant differences between DS + HSJ in comparison with CON, DS, DS + BAL, DS+TFRD was observed at 1% significance level after 8 minutes of rest. In conclusion, and from practical point of view, if the goal is to increase performance in shorter period of time, each of these warm-up protocols can be useful, but if the goal is to maintain the improved performance for a prolonged period of time then DS+HSJ may be preferable.

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confidence: 99%