Warm-up: A case study on maximal oxygen consumption as it relates to acute stretching

• Authors: Bekir Yuktasir
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study was to determine the acute effects of static and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) stretches on maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max). Ten physically active men (mean ± SD, 23.80 ± 1.54 years, 70.60 ± 9.70 kg, 1.74.60 ± 5.23 m), who were healthy students volunteered to take part in the study. The participants were subjected to Static and PNF stretching exercises. After the interventions, the Bruce treadmill protocol was applied to measure VO2 max values. The expired gases were collected and analyzed continuously using the Cortex Metalyzer II. Analysis of variance showed significant main effects for interventions (F(2,18)=10.74, p<.05) on VO2 max. The main result of this study showed that both static and PNF stretching exercises improved VO2 max values.

Keywords

EN

stretching; PNF; maximal oxygen uptake

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 19
• Pages: 165-176

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2008

online

24 - 10 - 2008

Contributors

author

Bekir Yuktasir

• Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-008-0013-y