Alternative to traditional stretching methods for flexibility enhancement in well-trained combat athletes: local vibration versus whole-body vibration
| Autor: | Cem Kurt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Flexibility (anatomy) low frequency vibration Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Dynamic stretching Static stretching Lower body Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Whole body vibration Orthopedics and Sports Medicine lcsh:Sports medicine lcsh:QH301-705.5 Simulation Stretching exercises well-trained athletes biology Athletes business.industry biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:Biology (General) static stretching Cardiology Original Article vibratory stimulus Absolute Change lcsh:RC1200-1245 business dynamic stretching |
| Zdroj: | Biology of Sport Biology of Sport, Vol 32, Iss 3, Pp 225-233 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2083-1862 0860-021X |
| DOI: | 10.5604/20831862.1150305 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to compare the effect of local vibration (LV) and whole body vibration (WBV) on lower body flexibility and to assess whether vibration treatments were more effective than traditionally used static and dynamic stretching methods. Twenty-four well-trained male combat athletes (age: 22.7 ± 3.3 years) performed four exercise protocols – LV (30 Hz, 4 mm), WBV (30 Hz, 4 mm), static stretching (SS), and dynamic stretching (DS) – in four sessions of equal duration 48 hours apart in a randomized, balanced order. During a 15-minute recovery after each protocol, subjects performed the stand and reach test (S&R) at the 15th second and the 2 nd , 4 th , 6 th , 8 th , 10 th and 15 th minute. There was a similar change pattern in S&R scores across the 15-minute recovery after each protocol (p = 0.572), remaining significantly elevated throughout the recovery. A significant main protocol effect was found for absolute change in S&R scores relative to baseline (p = 0.015). These changes were statistically greater in LV than WBV and DS. Changes in SS were not significantly different from LV, but were consistently lower than LV with almost moderate effect sizes. After LV, a greater percentage of subjects increased flexibility above the minimum detectable change compared to other protocols. Subjects with high flexibility (n = 12) benefited more from LV compared with other methods (effect size ≥ 0.862). In conclusion, LV was an effective alternative exercise modality to acutely increase lower extremity flexibility for well-trained athletes compared with WBV and traditional stretching exercises. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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