Journal of Athletic EnhancementISSN: 2324-9080

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Research Article, J Athl Enhancement Vol: 4 Issue: 3

The Impact of Short-Duration Static Stretching or Combined Static Stretching with Dynamic Stretching on Sprint Performance in Moderately Trained Subjects

www.scitechnol.com/scholarly/physiotherapy-journals-articles-ppts-list.phpAmri Hammami1,2*, Maamer Slimani3, Narimen Yousfi4 and Ezdine Bouhlel2
1High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar-Said, Mannouba, Tunisia
2Laboraory of physiology, faculty of medicine Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
3Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Bizerte, Tunisia
4Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia
Corresponding author : Hammami Amri
High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Ksar-Saïd, Mannouba University, Mannouba, Tunisia
Tel: (216)-24479504
E-mail: hammamiamri@hotmail.com
Received: March 29, 2015 Accepted: July 17, 2015 Published: July 24, 2015
Citation: Hammami A, Slimani M, Yousfi N, Bouhlel E (2015) The Impact of Short-Duration Static Stretching or Combined Static Stretching with Dynamic Stretching on Sprint Performance in Moderately Trained Subjects. J Athl Enhancement 4:3. doi:10.4172/2324-9080.1000198

Abstract

The Impact of Short-Duration Static Stretching or Combined Static Stretching with Dynamic Stretching on Sprint Performance in Moderately Trained Subjects

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of short-duration static stretching or static stretching combined with dynamic stretching on sprint performance. Twelve moderately trained subject (mean ± SD: age 19.20 ± 1.32 years, body mass 61.90 ± 8.41 kg, height 1.73 ± 0.51 m, % body fat 12.71 ± 1.20%) participated in three randomly experimental trials: warm-up without stretching (WNS), warm-up with a single and isolated 10 s static stretch (WSS), and warm-up with a single 10 s static stretch combined with dynamic stretching (WSSDS). Sprint testing over 5-10 m was conducted before (pre) and 5 min post-warm-up (post). The static stretching interventions included passive stretching of the lowerlimb’s musculature (planter flexors, knee flexors, hip extensors, adductors, and knee extensors). The stretch position was held once for 10 s each per muscle group (100 s total duration). The dynamic stretching included 2 sets of active dynamic stretch of the same muscle groups mentioned previously. There were no significant time, condition and interaction effects over the 5-and 10-m sprint time (with p>0.05). Analysis of effect sizes showed that the warmup without stretching (WNC) decreased 5-m sprint time by 2.72% (small effect) and 10-m sprint time by 1.60% (minimal effect). WSS and WSSDS produced minimal effects on 5- and 10-m sprint time. Preliminarily, static stretching appears to reduce short-duration sprint performance.

Keywords: Static stretching; Dynamic stretching; Warm-up exercise; Running; Athletic performance

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