Award Date

5-2011

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

Department

Physical Therapy

First Committee Member

Harvey Wallmann

Second Committee Member

Merrill Landers

Number of Pages

30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of static, ballistic, dynamic, and no stretching immediately prior to a 40-yard sprint in college students. There were 35 healthy subjects (22 male and 13 female) between the ages of 24 and 37 (Mean = 26.46 yrs, SD = 2.99 yrs) who participated. The experiment consisted of running 4, 40-yard sprint trials immediately following 1 of 4 different stretching protocols. Prior to each 40- yard sprint trial, a 5-minute warm up was performed at 3.5 mph on a treadmill. Each subject received each of the four techniques in a randomized order and ran a baseline sprint prior to each stretching protocol. In each protocol, subjects received one of four stretching techniques: ballistic, dynamic, static, no stretch and immediately ran a timed 40-yard sprint post stretch. The trials were completed within a 2 week time period allowing 48-72 hours between each trial. In the no stretch condition, subjects improved significantly from pre to post sprint times (p

Keywords

Acute effects; Exercise; Health and environmental sciences; Iliopsoas; Iliopsoas muscle; Non-athletes; Sprinting; Stretching exercises

Disciplines

Exercise Science | Physical Therapy | Sports Sciences

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Comments

Incomplete paper data

Rights

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