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Effects of a forefoot-oriented exercise intervention on jumping performance in volleyball players: a randomized controlled intervention study
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| BACKGROUND: This study investigates the effects of a 12-week forefoot-oriented exercise intervention on jumping performance in male and female volleyball players. METHODS: A total of 93 (age 24.2 +/- 4.6 y) volleyball players with a similar training load were randomly assigned to an intervention group (IG; N.=42) performing a 15-min forefoot oriented intervention during their warm-up procedure for 12 weeks or a control group (CG; N.=51). Athletes were evaluated for jumping using squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) tests before and after intervention. RESULTS: The CG showed improvements in SJ of 1.6 +/- 3.5 cm (7.4 +/- 14.7%) and CMJ of 0.6 +/- 3.5 cm (2.9 +/- 12.1%). The IG showed improvements in SJ of 1.1 +/- 3.8 cm (4.8 +/- 14.0%) and a decline in CMJ of -0.5 +/- 7.1 cm (1.1 +/- 20.2%). Twoway repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed no significant interaction effects for SJ (P=0.535) and CMJ (P=0.297). Within subject tests indicated a significant time effect for SJ (P=0.001), but no significant group effect (P=0.560). In CMJ no significant main effects were found. CONCLUSIONS: Applying a forefoot-oriented exercise intervention over a period of 12 weeks showed no considerable effect on jumping performance in volleyball players. |
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English
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Gazzetta medica italiana: archivio per le scienze mediche : rivista mensile di sperimentazione, farmacologia clinica e terapia / Medico-Legal Society. - Torino, 1984, currens
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Publication
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Torino
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Edizioni Minerva Medica
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2020
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ISSN
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0393-3660
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1827-1812
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DOI
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10.23736/S0393-3660.19.04106-8
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179
:4
(2020)
, p. 282-289
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ISI
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000540287100010
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