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NCT Number: NCT06595433

Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation

This study investigated the acute effect of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) on snatch performance to exhaustion in elite weightlifters.

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Key information

Conditions

Post-Activation Potentiation Performance

Age range

18 year–21 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gaziantep University, Faculty of Sport Sciences

Gaziantep, Sehitkamil, 27150, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Background This study investigated the acute effect of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) on snatch performance to exhaustion in elite weightlifters.

Methods The study was designed according to a randomized crossover experimental design. Twelve male elite athletes (age; 18.45 ± 0.52 years; height; 1.73 ± 0.03m, body mass; 71.36 ± 11.36kg) voluntarily participated in the study. The participants performed a general warm-up for five minutes, followed by a weightlifting-specific warm-up for five minutes, and rested for two minutes. Then, the athletes performed three different PAPE protocols on different days and performed the snatch performance to exhaustion. Shapiro-Wilk test was applied for the normality test, and the Levene test was applied for the homogeneity test. Repeated measures of two-way analysis of variance (2x3) were applied to analyze the differences between treatments. Greenhouse-Geiser correction test was used for measurements where the sphericity assumption was not met.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • no recent injury
  • no medication or supplements
  • being a volunteer

Exclusion criteria

  • doping or chronic drug use
  • neuromuscular disease, metabolic, hormonal, or cardiovascular disorders,
  • and orthopedic limitation

Treatment and study plan

Experimental

Other

In the PAPE 90% protocol, participants performed a general warm-up (e.g., jogging on a treadmill) for 5 minutes and a weightlifting-specific warm-up for 5 minutes, followed by 2 minutes of rest. After resting, they were asked to perform ten repetitions of dip squats with body weight and rested for 1 minute.Then, unlike the unloaded protocol, they performed three repetitions of dip squats with 90% of their one-repetition maximal dip squats and rested for 4 minutes. After resting, they performed a snatch to exhaustion with 75% of their maximum snatch weight. Then they rested for 2 minutes and performed one more repetition of the snatch to exhaustion. The maximum number of repetitions between sets was recorded.

unloaded protocol

Other

In the unloaded protocol, subjects performed a 5-minute general warm-up (e.g., jogging on a treadmill) and 5 minutes of weightlifting-specific warm-up followed by 2 minutes of rest. After resting, they performed ten repetitions of bottom squats with their body weight and then rested for 1 minute. After rest, they performed the snatch movement with 75% of their maximum snatch weight until exhaustion. Then, they rested for 2 minutes and again performed the snatch with 75% of their maximum snatch weight until exhaustion. The maximum number of snatch repetitions performed by the weightlifters was recorded for statistical analysis.

Primary outcomes

  1. number of snatch repetitions performed to exhaustion

    Time frame: Two weeks

    This outcome is measured to determine how different warm-up protocols (90% 1RM squats, 50% 1RM squats, and no-load condition) affect the athletes' performance in snatch repetitions. The statistical analysis focuses on comparing the average number of repetitions between these protocols.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Gaziantep

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation Effect on Snatch Performance to Exhaustion in Elite Weightlifters

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Sep 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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