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- Title
An acute bout of whole-body vibration on skeleton start and 30-m sprint performance.
- Authors
Bullock, Nicola; Martin, DavidT.; Ross, Angus; Rosemond, Doug; Jordan, MatthewJ.; Marino, FrankE.
- Abstract
Maximal 30-m upright sprinting and bent over, skeleton push performance were examined in five female national team skeleton athletes before and 10 min after an acute bout of whole-body vibration or no vibration. The whole-body vibration was applied at a frequency of 45 Hz with 4-mm displacement for 3×1-min treatments separated by 1 min. All changes in 30-m sprint and skeleton push times before and after whole-body vibration were small or trivial and within the tests' typical variation (∼3.7% for the skeleton push and ∼3.2% for the upright sprint). Athletes were able to achieve 75-79% of their 30-m upright sprinting velocities when pushing a skeleton sled. These results question the effectiveness of whole-body vibration as an ergogenic aid immediately before performing a maximal upright sprint or skeleton push following a comprehensive warm-up.
- Subjects
TOBOGGANING; SPRINTING; WINTER sports equipment &; supplies; SLEDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of vibration; PHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
European Journal of Sport Science, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
1746-1391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/17461390802579137