THE ACUTE EFFECT OF STATIC VERSUS PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION STRETCHING COMBINED WITH KINESIOLOGY TAPING® OF HAMSTRING MUSCLES ON FUNCTIONAL TESTS IN ADOLESCENT TAEKWONDO ATHLETES

Authors : Negin ARJANG, Holakoo MOHSENİFAR, Ali AMİRİ, Mehdi DADGOO, Golnaz RASAEİFAR

Pages : 21-28

Doi:10.21653/tjpr.974941

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Publication Date : 2023-04-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: In taekwondo, muscle flexibility specifically in the lower limb is of great importance for athletic performance. In this study, we evaluated the acute effects of static versus proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PNF); stretching combined with kinesiology taping insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(KT); of the hamstring muscle on functional tests in adolescent taekwondo athletes. Methods: 20 adolescent taekwondo athletes aged 9 to 18 years with red, black belt color participated in this study. They performed static, or PNF stretching in both legs, then two I strips with 30% tension as an inhibitory fashion was applied over the hamstring muscles of one leg and the other leg was determined as control. Single leg vertical jump test, single leg hop test, and taekwondo specific agility test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TSAT); were performed before, just after, and 24 hours after interventions. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA test was used for statistical analysis of the data. All functional tests results demonstrated significant improvement over time insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Single leg vertical jump insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.005);, single leg hop test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.01);, and TSAT insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.03);); but none of the stretching or the KT groups affected the functional performance of the participants insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Single leg vertical jump insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.36); and single leg hop test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.50););. Conclusion: We think that both static and PNF stretching exercises improve the functional performance of adolescent taekwando athletes for up to 24 hours, however KT application has no significant effect.
Keywords : sporcular, fonksiyonel testler, kinezyolojik bantlama, germe