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Acute effects of stretching and/or warm-up on neuromuscular performance of volleyball athletes: a randomized cross-over clinical trial

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the acute effects of stretching and warm-up (isolated or combined) on electromyographic response and functional performance of college volleyball athletes. This is a randomized cross-over clinical trial composed of 11 male athletes (21.54 ± 2.42 years; 1.79 ± 0.09 m; 21.80 ± 1.50 kg/m2), members of the indoor volleyball team of the institution. All individuals underwent five randomly selected interventions, with a 7-day washout period: control, active warm-up, static stretching, warm-up followed by stretching, and stretching followed by warm-up. The athletes were assessed before and after interventions for the following variables: root mean square (RMS) signal during vertical jump through electromyographic activity of the rectus femoris and biceps femoris muscles and the vertical jump height; lower limb relative power; agility and velocity through functional tests. There were no significant changes on RMS values during vertical jump between the different interventions for the rectus femoris (P = 0.659) and the biceps femoris (P = 0.530) muscles, and functional tests (P ≥ 0.05). In conclusion, the effect of a single session of self-stretching and active warm-up (isolated or combined) does not interfere in the performance of volleyball college athletes.

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The authors acknowledge all participants of this study. This work was supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

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This work was financially supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES 2014–2016).

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Study conception and design: GMB; GAFD; SMP; WHBV. Acquisition of data: GMB; GAFD; SMP; JTPR; TLCO; KKFS. Analysis and interpretation of data: GMB; GAFD; SMP. Drafting of the manuscript: GMB; GAFD; WHBV. Critical revisions: all authors. Final approval of the article: all authors. GMB takes responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole (germannamb@gmail.com).

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Barbosa, G.M., Dantas, G.A.F., Pinheiro, S.M. et al. Acute effects of stretching and/or warm-up on neuromuscular performance of volleyball athletes: a randomized cross-over clinical trial. Sport Sci Health 16, 85–92 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00576-8

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