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Conditions
Brief summary
Traditionally, many dancers and instructors use light aerobic activity combined with static stretching as a warm-up. There is limited research investigating how a warm-up affects dance performance, particularly for range of motion, jump height, force production and muscle activation for unilateral jumps and dance specific skills. The aim of this research is to compare a dynamic warm-up to a traditional dance warm-up and determine how this affects dance performance. Participants will each complete 3 separate days of testing, each one beginning with warm-up that includes either static stretching, dynamic stretching and no stretching (control). It is hypothesised that dancers will demonstrate superior performance when a dynamic warm-up is used compared to a traditional dance warm-up. The outcomes will be valuable as it will allows dancer and dance instructors to implement more evidence-based training to produce optimal results.
Interventions
Participants are randomised a warmup condition and follow along to a prerecorded video demonstrating the exercises. This ensures a standardised time for each stretch. A researcher, not involved in the data analysis is in the room while they complete the intervention. This is a minimum of 24 hours between interventions.
Static stretch warmup: Participant will perform 5 minutes of cardiovascular warmups (Marching, Jogging, Star jumps, Side gallops, Butt kicks, Mountain climbers, Vertical jumps, A
Participants are randomised a warmup condition and follow along to a prerecorded video demonstrating the exercises. This ensures a standardised time for each stretch. A researcher, not involved in the data analysis is in the room while they complete the intervention. This is a minimum of 24 hours between interventions. Static stretch warmup: Participant will perform 5 minutes of cardiovascular warmups (Marching, Jogging, Star jumps, Side gallops, Butt kicks, Mountain climbers, Vertical jumps, Alternating lunges, Burpees, jogging) before 10 minutes of static stretching (holding each stretch for 30s). The static stretches are 1. Oblique stretch, left and right 2. External rotated deep squat 3. Side stretch to left 4. Side stretch to right 5. Right leg lunge 6. Right leg quad/lunge 7. Left leg lunge 8. Left leg quad/lunge 9. Downward dog 10. Touch toes 11. Right leg split 12. Left leg split 13. Straddle 14. Left glute stretch 15. Right glute stretch 16. Back stretch Dynamic stretch warmup: Participant will perform 5 minutes of cardiovascular warmups (Marching, Jogging, Star jumps, Side gallops, Butt kicks, Mountain climbers, Vertical jumps, Alternating lunges, Burpees, jogging) before 10 minutes of dynamic stretching. Each of the same muscles as the static stretch intervention but the demonstration involves moving through joint range of motion only holding each stretch briefly.
Sponsors
University of Newcastle
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
experienced dancers, currently training > 10 hours/week and > 5 years training history Training includes at least one dance style of ballet, jazz or contemporary
Exclusion criteria
Any injuries , or chronic illnesses in the past 6 months Unable to perform the saut de chat (leap) proficiently Not able to provide informed consent
Outcome results
None listed