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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Effect of Static and Dynamic Stretching on the Diurnal Variations of Jump Performance in Soccer Players
PLoS ONE, Volume 8, No. 8, Article e70534, Year 2013
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Purpose:The present study addressed the lack of data on the effect of different types of stretching on diurnal variations in vertical jump height - i.e., squat-jump (SJ) and countermovement-jump (CMJ). We hypothesized that dynamic stretching could affect the diurnal variations of jump height by producing a greater increase in short-term maximal performance in the morning than the evening through increasing core temperature at this time-of-day.Methods:Twenty male soccer players (age, 18.6±1.3 yrs; height, 174.6±3.8 cm; body-mass, 71.1±8.6 kg; mean ± SD) completed the SJ and CMJ tests either after static stretching, dynamic stretching or no-stretching protocols at two times of day, 07:00 h and 17:00 h, with a minimum of 48 hours between testing sessions. One minute after warming-up for 5 minutes by light jogging and performing one of the three stretching protocols (i.e., static stretching, dynamic stretching or no-stretching) for 8 minutes, each subject completed the SJ and CMJ tests. Jumping heights were recorded and analyzed using a two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures (3 [stretching]×2 [time-of-day]).Results:The SJ and CMJ heights were significantly higher at 17:00 than 07:00 h (p<0.01) after the no-stretching protocol. These daily variations disappeared (i.e., the diurnal gain decreased from 4.2±2.81% (p<0.01) to 1.81±4.39% (not-significant) for SJ and from 3.99±3.43% (p<0.01) to 1.51±3.83% (not-significant) for CMJ) after dynamic stretching due to greater increases in SJ and CMJ heights in the morning than the evening (8.4±6.36% vs. 4.4±2.64%, p<0.05 for SJ and 10.61±5.49% vs. 6.03±3.14%, p<0.05 for CMJ). However, no significant effect of static stretching on the diurnal variations of SJ and CMJ heights was observed.Conclusion:Dynamic stretching affects the typical diurnal variations of SJ and CMJ and helps to counteract the lower morning values in vertical jump height. © 2013 Chtourou et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Cthourou, Hamdi C.
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Tunisia, Sfax
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de L'education Physique de Sfax
Aloüi, Asma
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Hammouda, Omar
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Chaouachi, Anis
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Chamari, K.
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Souissi, Nizar
Tunisia, Tunis
Research Laboratory “sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport Cnmss
Tunisia, Manouba
Université de la Manouba
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
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Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0070534
e-ISSN:
19326203
Participants Gender
Male