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Effects of an Elastic Band Warm-Up on Sprint and Vertical Jump Performance in Female Football Players

NCT07316881 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2026-01-05

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Summary

This study aims to examine the acute effects of an elastic band warm-up on sprinting and vertical jump performance in female football players. A crossover design will be used across three separate sessions: (1) standardized warm-up (WU), (2) warm-up followed by elastic band activation (WU + EB), and (3) elastic band activation followed by the warm-up (EB + WU).

Performance evaluations-including sprint time and vertical jump height and power-will be conducted at three time points during each session: baseline (before the warm-up), immediately after the warm-up intervention, and 10 minutes post-intervention. This structure will allow the study to compare the immediate and short-term effects of different warm-up sequences involving elastic bands on neuromuscular performance. The findings may help optimize warm-up strategies to enhance acute athletic performance in female football players.

Conditions

  • Physical Performance Parameters

Interventions

OTHER

Standardized Warm-Up

2 minutes jogging and 4x30m side run; dynamic stretching for main locomotive lower limb muscles (2x10 hip adduction, 2x10 hip abduction, 2x10 butt kicks, 2x10 knee raises and 2x10 straight leg march), dynamic strength exercises (2x10 deep squats, and 2x10 forward lunges); incremental intermittent sprints and agility runs as follow: 2x10m pace, 2x20m pace, 2x30m pace, 1x30m with 10 decelerations (both feet), 1x30m with 10 decelerations (one foot), 2x30m with 4 changes of direction pace (90˚), 1x20m full pace and 1x30m full pace. The total time ofthe WU will be approximately 15 minutes.

OTHER

Elastic Band Exercises

Squats (10 reps), Hip Flexion (10 reps, each leg), Hip Extension (10 reps, each leg), Hip Abduction (10 reps, each leg), Hip Flexion with Knee Flexion (10 reps, each leg), Cross Walks (10 reps, forth and back) (All exercises are with elastic bands looped around the lower limbs)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Institute of Maia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-31
Primary Completion
2026-01-31
Completion
2026-02-28

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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