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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Jan;28(1):154-60.
doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318295d2fb.

Effects of static and dynamic stretching on sprint and jump performance in boys and girls

Giorgos P Paradisis  1 , Panagiotis T Pappas, Apostolos S Theodorou, Elias G Zacharogiannis, Emmanouil K Skordilis, Athanasia S Smirniotou
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of static and dynamic stretching on sprint and jump performance in boys and girls

Giorgos P Paradisis et al. J Strength Cond Res. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of static (SS) and dynamic stretching (DS) on explosive power, flexibility, and sprinting ability of adolescent boys and girls and to report possible gender interactions. Forty-seven active adolescent boys and girls were randomly tested after SS and DS of 40 seconds on quadriceps, hamstrings, hip extensors, and plantar flexors; no stretching was performed at the control condition. Pretreatment and posttreatment tests examined the effects of stretching on 20-m sprint run (20 m), countermovement jump (CMJ) height, and sit and reach flexibility test. In terms of performance, SS hindered 20 m and CMJ in boys and girls by 2.5 and 6.3%, respectively. Dynamic stretching had no effect on 20 m in boys and girls but impaired CMJ by 2.2%. In terms of flexibility, both SS and DS improved performance with SS being more beneficial (12.1%) compared with DS (6.5%). No gender interaction was found. It can therefore be concluded that SS significantly negates sprinting performance and explosive power in adolescent boys and girls, whereas DS deteriorates explosive power and has no effect on sprinting performance. This diversity of effects denotes that the mode of stretching used in adolescent boys and girls should be task specific.

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