1. An acute bout of whole-body vibration on skeleton start and 30-m sprint performance.
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Bullock, Nicola, Martin, DavidT., Ross, Angus, Rosemond, Doug, Jordan, MatthewJ., and Marino, FrankE.
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TOBOGGANING ,SPRINTING ,WINTER sports equipment & supplies ,SLEDS ,PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of vibration ,PHYSIOLOGY ,EQUIPMENT & supplies - Abstract
Maximal 30-m upright sprinting and bent over, skeleton push performance were examined in five female national team skeleton athletes before and 10 min after an acute bout of whole-body vibration or no vibration. The whole-body vibration was applied at a frequency of 45 Hz with 4-mm displacement for 3×1-min treatments separated by 1 min. All changes in 30-m sprint and skeleton push times before and after whole-body vibration were small or trivial and within the tests' typical variation (∼3.7% for the skeleton push and ∼3.2% for the upright sprint). Athletes were able to achieve 75-79% of their 30-m upright sprinting velocities when pushing a skeleton sled. These results question the effectiveness of whole-body vibration as an ergogenic aid immediately before performing a maximal upright sprint or skeleton push following a comprehensive warm-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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