Date of Award
11-12-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Exercise Science, MS
First Advisor
Brian Church
Committee Members
Amanda Wheeler; Eric Scudamore; Veronika Pribyslavska
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2021 R35
Abstract
Dancers require a large range of motion and joint mobility in order to successfully execute certain skills. The requirements of dance make stretching in warm-ups almost a necessity to reduce risk of injury, however the volume of static stretching has not been thoroughly researched in high flexibility athletes. The Purpose of this study was to investigate the dose-response of static stretching in dance and the effect it may have on performance. Two dancers volunteered for this study. Both dancers engaged in a general warm-up and different dosage of static stretches followed by a countermovement jump test on a force plate and lower body flexibility test with a sit-and-reach box. The results of this study indicated no significant differences between dosage of static stretching on countermovement jump height (p=0.570), muscular power (p=0.739), or hamstring flexibility (p=0.355).
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Raines, Ashlyn, "The Effect of Static Stretching on Countermovement Jump and Flexibility Performance in Collegiate Dancers" (2021). Student Theses and Dissertations. 303.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/303
