RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The post-activation performance enhancement effect of a parallel back squat on male jumping and sprinting athletes A1 Márquez, Enrique A1 Castillo, Daniel A1 Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandro A1 Beato, Marco A1 Raya González, Javier A2 Educacion Fisica y Deportiva K1 Educación Física K1 Athletics K1 Nuromuscular K1 Activation K1 Whole-body vibration K1 2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio AB [EN] Although the literature has described different ways and methodologies of producingchronic neuromuscular enhancements in athletes, less is known about warm-up activitiesaiming to optimize short-term performance. To address these gaps, investigations intopost-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) effects are necessary. As such, thiswork aimed to analyse the PAPE effect of different parallel squat (PS) protocols with andwithout whole-body vibration (WBV) employing different volumes (low and high) andrest periods (of one and four minutes) on jumping performance. Seventeen elite sprintingand jumping male athletes participated in this study. The athletes completed one PAPEprotocol on a weekly basis, according to the following conditions: PS with 80% onerepetitionmaximum (1RM) without vibration (NV-PS) and with WBV (WBV-PS). Eachexercise was performed at a high and low volume, and after short or long recoveryperiods (of one and four minutes). A countermovement jump (CMJ) and drop jump (DJ)without an arm swing were executed before and after each PAPE protocol. Higher CMJand DJ performances after WBV-PS exercises were found (effect size (ES) = 1.065–1.319, large). Greater DJ results were observed after an NV-PS exercise with a highvolume and four minutes of rest (37.78 ± 5.44 vs. 39.09 ± 5.62; p = 0.011; ES = 0.692,medium). Time x condition effects (F = 25.239, p < 0.01, η2 = 0.03) were observed,revealing higher CMJ values after a WBV-PS in comparison to baseline conditions, aswell as higher DJ values after NV-PS and WBV-PS in comparison to baseline conditions.The findings indicate that these types of PAPE protocols in elite male athletes and WBVPSPAPE protocols in particular can enhance CMJ and DJ performance, while the NV-PS(using a high volume and four minutes of rest) resulted in improvements for the DJ. Noother improvements were reported using NV-PS combinations. PB MRE Press SN 1875-6859 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19946 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19946 NO Márquez, E., Castillo, D., Rodríguez-Fernández, A., Beato, M., & Raya-González, J. (2023). The post-activation performance enhancement effect of a parallel back squat on male jumping and sprinting athletes. Journal of Men’s Health, 19(2), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.22514/JOMH.2023.016 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 07-jun-2024