ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2016
The Interaction of Fatigue and Potentiation Following an Acute Bout of Unilateral Squats.
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- Optimizing Post-activation Performance Enhancement in Athletic Tasks: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis for Prescription Variables and Research Methods.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Variable Resistance-An Efficient Method to Generate Muscle Potentiation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of rest interval and training intensity on jumping performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating post-activation performance enhancement.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Unilateral Conditioning Activity on Acute Performance Enhancement: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Non-local Muscle Fatigue Effects on Muscle Strength, Power, and Endurance in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Acute Performance, Mechanical and Thermal Effects of Isometric Conditioning Versus Standardized Volleyball Pre-Training Activation in Highly Trained Male Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Trial
- Acute Effects of Complex Conditioning Activities on Athletic Performance and Achilles Tendon Stiffness in Male Basketball Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Trial
- Unilateral Quadriceps Fatigue Induces Greater Impairments of Ipsilateral versus Contralateral Elbow Flexors and Plantar Flexors Performance in Physically Active Young Adults.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Trial
- Lack of Evidence for Non-Local Muscle Fatigue and Performance Enhancement in Young Adults.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Trial
- Cross Education Training Effects are Evident with Twice Daily, Self-Administered Band Stretch Training.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019Trial
- Load-specific post-activation performance enhancement from back squats in male collegiate basketball players: moderate loads preferentially enhance jump performance and lower-limb EMG activation.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Acute effects of unilateral conditioning activity on unilateral and bilateral jumping performance and bilateral strength asymmetry.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of overcoming isometric unilateral conditioning activity on subsequent single-leg drop jump in elite and amateur volleyball players: a randomized crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Heavy load chain squats: a promising method for enhancing lower extremity explosive strength via post-activation performance enhancement.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) protocols do not further increase jumping performance beyond warm-up effects: findings from three acute randomized crossover trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Post-Activation Potentiation in Strength Training: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Post-Activation Potentiation on Squat Jump Following Two Different Protocols: Traditional Vs. Inertial Flywheel.Journal of human kinetics · 2019Article
- What are the best isometric exercises of muscle potentiation?European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
A prior conditioning resistance exercise can augment subsequent performance of the affected muscles due to the effects of post-activation potentiation (PAP). The non-local muscle fatigue literature has illustrated the global neural effects of unilateral fatigue. However, no studies have examined the possibility of acute non-local performance enhancements. The objective of the study was to provide a conditioning stimulus in an attempt to potentiate the subsequent jump performance of the affected limb and determine if there were performance changes in the contralateral limb. Using a randomized allocation, 14 subjects (6 females, 8 males) completed three conditions on separate days: 1) unilateral, dominant leg, Bulgarian split squat protocol with testing of the exercised leg, 2) unilateral, dominant leg, Bulgarian split squat protocol with testing of the contralateral, non-exercised leg and 3) control session with testing of the non-dominant leg. Pre- and post-testing consisted of countermovement (CMJ) and drop jumps (DJ). The exercised leg exhibited CMJ height increases of 3.5% (p = 0.008; d = 0.28), 4.0% (p = 0.011; d = 0.33) and 3.2% (p = 0.013; d = 0.26) at 1, 5, and 10 min post-intervention respectively. The contralateral CMJ height had 2.0% (p = 0.034; d = 0.18), 1.2% (p = 0.2; d = 0.12), and 2.1% (p = 0.05; d = 0.17) deficits at 1, 5, and 10 min post-intervention respectively. Similar relative results were found for CMJ power. There were no significant interactions for DJ measures or control CMJ measures. The findings suggest that PAP effects were likely predominant for the exercised leg whereas the conditioning exercise provided trivial magnitude although statistically significant neural impairments for the contralateral limb.
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