Acute Effects of Three Neuromuscular Warm-Up Strategies on Several Physical Performance Measures in Football Players

Studies dealing with the effectiveness of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 11+ prevention program to improve performance outcomes in children aged < 14 years are limited. This study aimed to point out the effects of the application of short-term FIFA 11+ warm-up program on physical performance in young football players. Participants were 36 youth male football players, divided into a FIFA 11+ (n = 19; mean (SD) age: 11.15 (0.79) y) and a control group (CG: n = 17; age: 10.87 (0.8) y) and trained for 4 weeks. Before and after the training period, standing long jump performance, agility, repeated sprint ability, sit and reach, and “30–15” intermittent fitness tests were assessed. A mixed ANOVA showed significant differences between the groups in the standing long jump test (FIFA 11+: 5.6% vs. CG: −1.9%) in favor of FIFA 11+ over CG. Additionally, the FIFA 11+ performance of the Illinois agility test was significantly better compared to the CG performance (FIFA 11+: −1.9% vs. CG: 0.03%). The main findings of this study suggest that just 4 weeks of implementation of the FIFA 11+ improves physical performance compared with traditional warm-up routines in young soccer players.

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Acute effects of dynamic versus foam rolling warm-up strategies on physical performance in elite tennis players

Biology of Sport ◽

10.5114/biolsport.2021.101604 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alvaro Lopez-Samanes ◽

Juan Del Coso ◽

Jose Luis Hernández-Davó ◽

Diego Moreno-Pérez ◽

Daniel Romero-Rodriguez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Performance ◽

Acute Effects ◽

Warm Up ◽

Tennis Players ◽

Foam Rolling

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Effect of FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Programme on Physical Performance Parameters in Male Collegiate Football Players: An Evidence based Study

International Journal of Health Sciences and Research ◽

10.52403/ijhsr.20210822 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 149-157

Author(s):

Buch Phalak Pankaj ◽

Manmitkaur A. Gill

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Effective Potential ◽

Prevention Programme ◽

Research Centre ◽

Football Players ◽

Performance Parameters ◽

Warm Up ◽

Injury Prevention Programme

Background: Football is defined to be a physically demanding sport that entails sudden acceleration and deceleration, rapid changes in direction, jumping and landing tasks, also as many situations in which players are involved in tackling to stay possession of or to win the ball. Between 2006 and 2008, FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) developed a neuromuscular warm-up programme &injury prevention program with subsequent enhancement of performance for soccer called the FIFA 11+.The FIFA 11+ programme has been shown to be an efficient means of achieving optimal physiological readiness for sport. Purpose: The purpose is to study the scientific evidences regarding the effect of the 11+ warm -up programme on physical performance parameters in male recreational football players. Methodology: A search for relevant articles was carried out using key words- and search engines-PEDro, Pubmed, Science direct, Google scholar, Researchgate, Wiley library, The Cochrane library. Studies were selected from year 2010-2019. 15 articles were reviewed and included in which study. Results: 13 articles concluded that “FIFA 11+” prevention programme can be considered an appropriate warm-up, inducing improvements in football players. (level of evidence :1a,1b,2a,2b) There are 2 high quality of evidences. (Randomized control trial, Pre-post intervention Comparative study-1b) which suggests that that a soccer specific warm-up protocol relied on dynamic stretching and dynamic warm up is preferable in enhancing performance as compared to protocols relying on static stretches , FIFA 11+ program and other injury prevention programme. Conclusion: Based on evidences collected and analyzed it can be concluded that FIFA 11+ warming up program is soccer specific warming-up program which includes running, strength, plyometric, balance, and agility components which apart from being an effective injury prevention programme it has effective potential to enhance the physical performance of a player in parameters like VO2max, Strength, Balance, Flexibility, Agility etc. Clinical Implication: FIFA 11+ warming up program is soccer specific warming-up program which includes running, strength, plyometric, balance, and agility components. It has effective potential to enhance the performance of a player.Also FIFA 11+ warming up program is easy to be coach and train because it is well organized and structured to follow in every training session and can replace in place of traditional warm- ups. Key words: fifa 11+ warm-up, male football players, soccer, physical performance, neuromuscular parameters.

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Acute Effects on Physical Performance Measures after 45 Min of Official Competition in Youth Soccer Players

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology ◽

10.3390/jfmk6020049 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Federico Gazzo ◽

Julián Giráldez ◽

Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña ◽

José Antonio González-Jurado ◽

Santiago Zabaloy

Keyword(s):

Physical Performance ◽

Perceived Exertion ◽

Study Data ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Acute Effects ◽

Jump Performance ◽

Warm Up ◽

Youth Soccer ◽

Performance Variables ◽

Two Stages

(1) Background: An improved understanding of soccer players’ match-related physical performance and recovery may help conditioning programs and re-warm up strategies to increase team performance during official competitions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the acute effects of 45 min of official competition (first half in matches) on physical performance variables in U-16 youth soccer players. (2) Methods: 20 male soccer players (age: 14.4 ± 0.5 years; height: 1.70 ± 0.05 cm; body mass: 65.1 ± 11.6 kg) were recruited to participate in this study. Data was collected from five official matches. Participants performed the assessments in two stages of each match: after the pre-match warm-up and after the first half. Tests included rate of perceived exertion (RPE), 30-m sprint and countermovement (CMJ). (3) Results: Statistically significant differences were found (p < 0.001) when the measurements prior to the game were compared with those recorded after half time across all variables. Effect sizes (ES) were very large for RPE (ES = 1.82), moderate for 30-m sprint times (ES = 0.64) and small for CMJ (ES = −0.25). (4) Conclusions: After 45 min of official competition, our results suggest that U-16 soccer players demonstrated a reduction in sprint and jump performance, in addition to a higher RPE. Hence, this information could be useful when designing re-warming strategies that can be performed before the second half.

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention Exercises: Could a Neuromuscular Warm-Up Improve Muscle Pre-Activation before a Soccer Game? A Proof-of-Principle Study on Professional Football Players

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11114958 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 4958

Author(s):

Alessandro de Sire ◽

Andrea Demeco ◽

Nicola Marotta ◽

Lucrezia Moggio ◽

Arrigo Palumbo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Anterior Cruciate Ligament ◽

Cruciate Ligament ◽

Acl Injury ◽

Football Players ◽

Professional Football ◽

Activation Time ◽

Exercise Protocol ◽

Warm Up ◽

Anterior Cruciate ◽

Proof Of Principle

Neuromuscular warm-up has been shown to decrease the risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury improving muscular firing patterns. All preventive training programs described in the literature have a duration of several weeks. To date, no studies have explored the immediate effect of a neuromuscular warm-up exercise on pre-activation time of the knee stabilizer muscles. Thus, this proof-of-principle study aimed at evaluating the acute effects of a neuromuscular warm-up exercises on the electromyographic activation of knee stabilizer muscles’ activation pattern. We included 11 professional football players, mean aged 23.2 ± 4.5 years, from a Southern Italy football team. All of them underwent a standard warm-up exercise protocol at the first day of the evaluation. At 1 week, they underwent a structured neuromuscular warm-up exercise protocol. We assessed as outcome measure the pre-activation time (ms) of rectus femoris (RF), vastus medialis (VM), biceps femoris (BF), and medial hamstrings (MH) upon landing. Outcomes were assessed before and after the standard warm-up and neuromuscular warm-up. Pre-activation time of RF, VM, BF and MH significantly improved only after neuromuscular warm-up (p < 0.05); moreover, there was a significant (p < 0.05) between-group difference in pre-activation time of all muscles after the neuromuscular warm-up compared with the standard warm-up. These findings suggested that physical exercise consisting of a structured injury prevention neuromuscular warm-up might have an immediate effect in improving the activation time of the knee stabilizer muscles, thus potentially reducing the risk of ACL injury.

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Structured neuromuscular warm-up for injury prevention in young elite football players

Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/j.recote.2014.09.004 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 58 (6) ◽

pp. 336-342

Author(s):

M. Mayo ◽

R. Seijas ◽

P. Álvarez

Keyword(s):

Injury Prevention ◽

Football Players ◽

Warm Up

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Childhood Physical Performance Measures and Adulthood Knee Cartilage Volume and Bone Area: A 25‐Year Cohort Study

Arthritis Care & Research ◽

10.1002/acr.22588 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 67 (9) ◽

pp. 1263-1271 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Benny Antony ◽

Graeme Jones ◽

Alison Venn ◽

Flavia Cicuttini ◽

Lyn March ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Performance Measures ◽

Cartilage Volume ◽

Bone Area ◽

Knee Cartilage

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Effects of different re-warm up activities in football players' performance

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0180152 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. e0180152 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eduardo Abade ◽

Jaime Sampaio ◽

Bruno Gonçalves ◽

Jorge Baptista ◽

Alberto Alves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Football Players ◽

Warm Up

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Physical Performance Measures for Characterizing High Functioning Older Persons

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity ◽

10.1123/japa.4.4.338 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 338-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Takashi Kinugasa ◽

Hiroshi Nagasaki ◽

Taketo Furuna ◽

Hajime Itoh

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Performance Measures ◽

Older Persons ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Age Groups ◽

High Functioning ◽

Eyes Open ◽

Interdisciplinary Study ◽

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute

The goal of this study was to identify methods for characterizing high-functioning older adults living in the community. The subjects were 495 older adults from the Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Study on Aging conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. Physical performance measures included grip strength, walking at preferred and maximum speeds, one-leg standing with eyes open, and finger tapping rate. Performance scores were created by summing each categorical score. Consistent differences were found among age groups and genders. Scores were lower in subjects who had stroke or diabetes than in those without these conditions. These results suggest that physical performance measures have both discriminant validity and construct validity, which make them useful methods for characterizing high-functioning older persons.

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