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NCT Number: NCT06555185

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Athletic Performance

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Futebol Clube de Famalicão

Famalicão, Portugal

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

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.

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Agility T-test

    Time frame: 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.

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

  2. 40-m sprint test

    Time frame: 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.

    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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Tromso

Other

Collaborators

  • Universidade do Porto

Registry information

Official study title

Acute Responses to a Potentiation Warm-up Protocol on Sprint and Change of Direction in Female Football Players: a Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Aug 15, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2024

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