Acute Responses to a Potentiation Warm-up Protocol in Female Football Players.

NCT06555185 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022/03
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 17
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to determine if the performance of female football players is affected after exposure to a potentiation protocol. It is hypothesized that performance in the selected physical tests will improve significantly and meaningfully after performing the chosen potentiation protocol compared to the control group's warm-up.

Conditions

Athletic Performance

Keywords

performance enhancement; warm-up; sprint; change of direction; women's football

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Agility T-test

  Used to determine speed with directional changes such as forward sprinting, left and right side shuffling.

  First moment: beginning of the first training session; Second moment: at the end of the third week, after the fourth protocol session had been completed.

• 40-m sprint test

  After a 5 s countdown, the participants ran forward following the route marked by cones, one at 0m indicating the start place and the other at 40m indicating the finish place. Participants started the test from a standing start position with the front foot approximately 2 cm behind the first cone.

  First moment: beginning of the first training session; Second moment: at the end of the third week, after the fourth protocol session had been completed.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Potentiation warm-up protocol with jumps combined with sprints with change of direction.

Other: Potentiation warm-up protocol

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Usual warm-up exercises as previously used by the whole team.

Other: Usual warm-up protocol

Interventions

Potentiation warm-up protocol OTHER

The intervention protocol consisted of i) 1st set - six hurdle jumps, with a distance of 70 cm between each, followed by a 15-m sprint with COD; (ii) 2nd set - six lateral hurdle jumps (three to the left and three to the right) followed by a 10-m sprint with COD; (iii) 3rd set - six bouncy strides, followed by a 15-m sprint with COD; (iv) 4th set - six broad jumps followed by a 10-m sprint with COD. All COD circuits had different configurations, changing the sprint distance and the angle of the COD curve. All repetitions and sets were separated by 90-second recovery intervals, and each set was performed three times.

Experimental group

Usual warm-up protocol OTHER

The usual warm-up consisted of (i) The first phase included dynamic stretching and drills to increase body temperature. This phase lasted 5-min and included slow jogging, light skipping, and dynamic stretches for hip flexors, glutes, quads, hamstrings, abductors, gastrocnemius and lower limb joints. (ii) The second phase was composed of exercises that intended to mimic specific movements of the football match, both with and without ball possession. This phase lasted 15 minutes and included exercises with and without possession of the ball, such as acceleration, COD, jumping over hurdles, and playful games with ball possession. In this group, the players only rested in a slow jog when they moved from the first to the second phase.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• players from any playing position (except goalkeepers) able to train without limitations.

You may not qualify if:

• players with any existing medical conditions that could compromise participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Tromso: lead
• Universidade do Porto: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Futebol Clube de Famalicão

Famalicão, Portugal

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Zylberberg T, Martins R, Pettersen SA, Afonso J, Matias Vale Baptista IA. Acute responses to a potentiation warm-up protocol on sprint and change of direction in female football players: a randomized controlled study. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2024 Nov 12;16(1):230. doi: 10.1186/s13102-024-01015-z.

  PMID: 39533363 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Ivan Baptista, PhD

  Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2024
• First Posted: August 15, 2024
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2023
• Study Completion: April 30, 2023
• Last Updated: August 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: Raw data is already uploaded into a public repository and is intended to stay available without a date limit.
• Access Criteria: No access criteria will be established.

Locations

PT (1)