Kinesiology, Vol. 48. No. 2., 2016.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.26582/k.48.2.3
Effect of a physical education-based dynamic stretching program on hamstring extensibility in female high-school students
Carlos A. Becerra-Fernández
; IES Sagrado Corazón, Málaga, Spain
Rafael Merino-Marban
orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-6487
; Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Málaga (UMA), Spain
Daniel Mayorga-Vega
orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-4113
; Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Granada, Spain
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a dynamic stretching development program followed by a four-week detraining period and maintenance program on hamstring extensibility in a physical education setting. A sample of 108 female high-school students aged 16-17 years from four classes were
clustered randomly and assigned to either an experimental or a control group. During physical education sessions, the experimental group students performed a dynamic stretching program twice a week for eight weeks. Subsequently, after a four-week period of detraining, the experimental group students completed a maintenance program twice a week during four weeks. The results of the two-way analysis of variance showed that the physical education-based development program significantly improved students’ hamstring extensibility (p<.001). Although after four weeks of detraining students’ flexibility reverted to its baseline levels (p>.05), the gains obtained previously were recovered after a four-week maintenance program (p<.001). Hence, a physical education-based dynamic stretching intervention is effective in improving and maintaining hamstring extensibility among female high-school students. However, after four weeks of detraining, students’ flexibility reverts to its baseline levels. These findings could help and guide teachers to design programs that guarantee a feasible and an effective development of flexibility in a physical education setting.
Keywords
flexibility program; bouncing technique; detraining; classical sit-and-reach test; adolescents; physical education setting
Hrčak ID:
168673
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Publication date:
23.12.2016.
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