Acute responses to a potentiation warm-up protocol on sprint and change of direction in female football players: a randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the acute effect of exposure to a potentiation warm-up protocol compared to a usual warm-up program.

Design

Randomized parallel control trial.

Setting

Synthetic grass in the club's facilities (Portugal).

Participants

Seventeen female football players (age: 23.9 ± 3.9 years), were randomly allocated to a control (n = 8) and an experimental group (n = 9). To allocate the players, a table was computer-generated by a research team member with no involvement in the trial.

Intervention

The control group performed their usual warm-up program, while the experimental group performed a potentiation warm-up protocol with jumps combined with sprints with change of direction.

Main outcomes measures

The players were tested pre- and post-i

SUBMITTER: Zylberberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555932 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature