Acute Effect of Static Stretching and Muscle Warming on the Functional Performance of College Volleyball Athletes

The purpose of this study is analyze the effects of static stretching and active warm up, isolated and associated, in functional performance of the lower limbs in college volleyball athletes.

Study hypothesis:

H0: The stretching and / or warm up, alone or in combination, do not alter the functional performance of volleyball players.

H1: The stretching and / or warm up, alone or in combination, alter the functional performance of volleyball players.

This is a cross-over study containing 11 volleyball athletes randomly divided into 5 groups: control (C), warming-up (gAQ), stretching (gAL), warming-up and stretching (gAQAL), stretching and warming-up (gALAQ). All subjects underwent the evaluation measures of functional performance that were conducted pre and post intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. being male;
2. were aged between 18 and 28 years of age;
3. no previous history of orthopedic disorders, rheumatic disorders, cardiovascular, metabolic and / or vestibular and neurological disorders that prevent them from participating in the study dysfunctions;
4. no history of injury, trauma or disease in the lower limbs in the last six months, without surgery;
5. participate in the University Selection UFRN;
6. training time display mode in the above two years with a frequency of at least three times a week.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. presence of injury during the survey period;
2. not conduct evaluative and intervention procedures;
3. waiver to participate.