ORIGINAL PAPER
Whole body vibration and drop jumps induces post-activation performance enhancement
1
Athletics Sector, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Laboratory for Human Motricity Evaluation, Sport, and Health, Côte d’Azur University, Nice, France
Submission date: 2021-11-28
Acceptance date: 2022-07-04
Publication date: 2022-07-07
Hum Mov. 2023;24(2):78-84
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
Many studies have investigated the effect of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise on post-activation potentiation. It was reported that an intervention protocol of WBV combined with 5 drop jumps (DJs) led to an increase in twitch force, suggesting the occurrence of post-activation potentiation. The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect of different warm-up interventions on countermovement jump (CMJ) performance by recording jump height, power, and take-off velocity in gymnasts.
Methods:
Overall, 10 adult gymnasts (mean age: 22.80 ± 1.75 years; body mass: 61.92 ± 8.65 kg; body height: 170.10 ± 8.65 cm) with 16.35 ± 5.68 years of training experience volunteered to participate in this study. The interventions were (i) WBV, (ii) no vibration, (iii) DJs, and (iv) WBV combined with DJs (WBVDJ). Over 4 distinct randomized testing sessions, the gymnasts performed pre-intervention tests comprising 3 CMJs, followed by one of the 4 interventions; after 8 min, they performed another set of 3 CMJs.
Results:
A significant interaction was observed between interventions for jump height and take-off velocity, leading to improvements (+4.82%, p < 0.05; +2.50%, p < 0.05, respectively) after WBVDJ only. No significant improvements were noted for WBV, DJs, or no vibration interventions. The implementation of WBVDJ was an effective stimulus leading to post-activation performance enhancement of CMJ in gymnasts.
Conclusions:
The WBVDJ intervention increased jump height of CMJ performance and take-off velocity of lower limbs. In addition, WBVDJ led to greater performance improvement compared with DJ intervention.
Many studies have investigated the effect of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise on post-activation potentiation. It was reported that an intervention protocol of WBV combined with 5 drop jumps (DJs) led to an increase in twitch force, suggesting the occurrence of post-activation potentiation. The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect of different warm-up interventions on countermovement jump (CMJ) performance by recording jump height, power, and take-off velocity in gymnasts.
Methods:
Overall, 10 adult gymnasts (mean age: 22.80 ± 1.75 years; body mass: 61.92 ± 8.65 kg; body height: 170.10 ± 8.65 cm) with 16.35 ± 5.68 years of training experience volunteered to participate in this study. The interventions were (i) WBV, (ii) no vibration, (iii) DJs, and (iv) WBV combined with DJs (WBVDJ). Over 4 distinct randomized testing sessions, the gymnasts performed pre-intervention tests comprising 3 CMJs, followed by one of the 4 interventions; after 8 min, they performed another set of 3 CMJs.
Results:
A significant interaction was observed between interventions for jump height and take-off velocity, leading to improvements (+4.82%, p < 0.05; +2.50%, p < 0.05, respectively) after WBVDJ only. No significant improvements were noted for WBV, DJs, or no vibration interventions. The implementation of WBVDJ was an effective stimulus leading to post-activation performance enhancement of CMJ in gymnasts.
Conclusions:
The WBVDJ intervention increased jump height of CMJ performance and take-off velocity of lower limbs. In addition, WBVDJ led to greater performance improvement compared with DJ intervention.
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