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- Title
The acute effects of combined foam rolling and static stretching program on hip flexion and jumping ability in soccer players.
- Authors
KYRANOUDIS, ANGELOS; ARSENIS, SOTIRIOS; ISPYRLIDIS, IOANNIS; CHATZINIKOLAOU, ATHANASIOS; GOURGOULIS, VASSILIOS; KYRANOUDIS, EFSTRATIOS; METAXAS, THOMAS
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a combined program involving static stretching (SS) and foam rolling (FR) on hip flexion (Range of Motion-ROM) and jumping ability of soccer players. 24 amateur soccer players (age 21,73±0,87 years, height 179±0,53 cm and body mass 77,06±5,74 kg) divided in two groups: the control group which performed only short duration SS (10 sec) in quadriceps, hamstrings, adductors and gastrocnemious muscles and the experimental group which performed a combined program that included SS with the same duration and 30 sec FR in the same muscle groups. The participants were measured in the hip flexion (ROM) and the jumping ability was assessed with countermovement jump (CMJ) with the arms akimbo, and countermovement jump with free arms (CMJFREE). Two-way repeated measures analyses of variance revealed no significant difference between the two groups in any variable. However, there were observed significant differences between the pre-and post-intervention measurements in ROM and CMJ performance. These findings suggest that SS of short duration does not influence negatively the ROM and the jumping performance, and that a combined program with SS and FR also induces an improvement.
- Subjects
JUMPING; SOCCER players; STATIC stretching (Physiology); HIP flexion; BODY mass index
- Publication
Journal of Physical Education & Sport, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2, p1164
- ISSN
2247-8051
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7752/jpes.2019.02169