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. 2017 Jun 19;1(3):E101-E106.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-111788. eCollection 2017 May.

Complementing Warm-up with Stretching Routines: Effects in Sprint Performance

[Article in German]
Daniel Almeida Marinho  1   2 , Maria Helena Gil  1   2 , Mario Cardoso Marques  1   2 , Tiago Miguel Barbosa  2   3 , Henrique Pereira Neiva  1   2
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Complementing Warm-up with Stretching Routines: Effects in Sprint Performance

[Article in German]
Daniel Almeida Marinho et al. Sports Med Int Open. .

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the effects of using static or dynamic stretching added to the common warm-up routine for short sprint distances and to repeated sprint performance. In 3 different sessions, 16 college-age men (n=10) and women (n=6) performed one of 3 warm-ups followed by a 2×60 m dash sprint time trial (5 min of rest) in a counterbalanced design. The control warm-up consisted of 10 min of light-intensity running, and the 2 experimental warm-ups included a static or dynamic stretching routine (5 exercises) in the control warm-up. Performance (time) and physiological variables (tympanic temperature, heart rate) were monitored. In the first 60 m time trial, there were no differences between the 3 warm-ups tested ( F =0.21, p=0.73; η p 2 =0.01), as opposed to that observed in the second ( F =7.04, p<0.01; η p 2 =0.32). The participants were 1.7% faster after the static stretching warm-up compared with the control warm-up. The sum of the time performed in the 2 sprints emphasizes these results, with better performances after the static stretching warm-up than the control (1%) or dynamic stretching warm-up (0.7%). These results suggest that including a set of static or dynamic stretching exercises may enhance sprinting performance. The better performance in the second trial after the warm-up including static stretching suggests that this type of stretching may positively influence repeated sprint performance (<10 s sprint).

Keywords: evaluation; heart rate; pre-exercise; repeated-sprint; tympanic temperature; velocity.

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Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Changes verified between conditions.
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Physiological variables responses to control, static stretching (SS) and dynamic stretching (DS) warm-ups at baseline, before the first time-trial (Pre-TT 1), before the second time-trial (Pre-TT 2) and after 5 min recovery: heart rate a and tympanic temperature b . * indicates p<0.05 and ** indicates p<0.01. Data presented as mean±SD (n=16).
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