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- Title
Stretching has no effect on flexibility and specific kinetic patterns of fencing performance.
- Authors
Douvis, Andreas; Tsigganos, George; Smirniotou, Athanasia; Zacharogiannis, Elias; Tsolakis, Charilaos
- Abstract
Stretching is a common practice for preparation before physical exercise. However, recent research has shown that there is not much scientific evidence to support this practice. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of static (SS) and ballistic stretching (BS) on flexibility and specific kinetic patterns of fencing performance in 10 elite male fencers. The subjects were tested for flexibility, "time of lunge" (TL), "power of lunge" (PL) and "time of shuttle fencing tesr' (ST), after different warm-up protocols including either static or ballistic stretching. Subjects underwent 3 repetitions of 3 static or ballistic stretching exercises for quadriceps, hamstring and gastrocnemius muscles lasting for 2osec with a 20-sec rest period each. Data were analyzed using a 2 (pre-post) x 2 (static-ballistic stretching) analysis of variance and post-hoct-test with Bonferronni corrections. Significant was set at the = 0.05 probability level. There were no observed pre-post, static-ballistic stretching or interaction significant effects. The results of this study show that static or ballistic stretching in the later stages of a general warm-up, may not affect flexibility and specific kinetic patterns of fencing performance.
- Subjects
STRETCH (Physiology); HUMAN mechanics; FENCING; FLEXIBILITY testing (Physiology); WARMUP; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
International Journal of Fitness, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0973-2152
- Publication type
Article