Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Induced by a Plyometric Protocol on Deceleration Performance.

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Authors
Gianmarco Ciocca, Harald Tschan, Antonio Tessitore
Abstract

Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon which can improve power performance executed after a previous conditioning activity. PAP is usually evoked through heavy resistance or plyometric exercise. It has been suggested to refer to as Postactivation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) when research is field-based on explosive activities. To our best knowledge, no studies have investigated the effects of PAPE on deceleration performance, which is a key factor in sports involving change of directions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a plyometric exercise protocol on a subsequent deceleration running performance. University soccer players (n = 18) performed seven deceleration trials and were assessed at baseline and after ~15 s, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16 min either following a walking control condition (C) or three sets of ten repetitions of alternate-leg bounding (plyometric, P). Results showed no significant differences at any of the trials under the control condition (C) in comparison to the relative baseline. Under the plyometric condition (P), deceleration performance executed two minutes after the plyometric activity resulted in significantly faster results compared to the baseline values (p = 0.042; ES = 0.86, large effect; % of improvement = 4.13 %). The main findings are that plyometric exercise improves a subsequent running deceleration performance, 2 min after its execution. Future investigations should focus on more complex actions such as changes of direction and agility.
DOI
DOI: 10.2478/hukin-2021-0085
Citation
 APA 
Ciocca, G., Tschan, H., Tessitore, A. (2021). Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Induced by a Plyometric Protocol on Deceleration Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics, 80, 5-16. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0085
 Harvard 
Ciocca, G., Tschan, H., and Tessitore, A. (2021). Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Induced by a Plyometric Protocol on Deceleration Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics, 80, pp.5-16. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0085
 MLA 
Ciocca, Gianmarco et al. “Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Induced by a Plyometric Protocol on Deceleration Performance.” Journal of Human Kinetics, vol. 80, 2021, pp. 5-16. doi:10.2478/hukin-2021-0085.
 Vancouver 
Ciocca G, Tschan H, Tessitore A. Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Induced by a Plyometric Protocol on Deceleration Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2021;80:5-16. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0085
Key words
post activation potentiation, acceleration, braking, potentiating, change of direction, warm-up, jumping, bounding, unilateral, power

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