TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investıgatıon Of The Effects Of Lower Extremıty Massage Performed Before Oraınıng On Flexıbılıty In Volleyball Players
AU  - Aktürk, Onur
AU  - Ayan, Vedat
PY  - 2025
DA  - March
Y2  - 2024
JF  - International Journal of Sport Culture and Science
JO  - IntJSCS
PB  - Uluslararası Bilim Kültür ve Spor Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-1148
SP  - 90
EP  - 106
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Investigation of the Effects of Lower Extremity Massage Performed Before Training on Flexibility in Volleyball PlayersAlthough there are studies examining the effects of massage on flexibility in the literature, those specifically conducted on volleyball athletes are limited. Therefore, the aim of our study is our study aims to to investigate the effects of lower extremity massage performed before training on flexibility in volleyball players. The research group of our study consists of the Gümüşsu Gümüşhanespor volleyball team competing in the Turkish Volleyball 1st League. Necessary explanations were provided to the player group before measurements were taken. The study group consists of 12 athletes who volunteered to participate. The participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group (6 athletes) and the control group (6 athletes). During the measurements, pre-test measurements were taken for the experimental group, followed by a 5-minute lower extremity massage. Subsequently, post-test measurements were taken for the experimental group. For the control group, pre-test measurements were taken, followed by no massage application, and then then x post-test measurements were taken. These measurements were spread over a 4-week period instead of a 4 week just 4 weeks, planned as only one day per specified week. During the measurements, the Digital Flexion Meter device was used for vertical flexibility testing. The statistical analysis of the results was performed using SPSS for Windows 22.0 package program. Considering the error rate set at (α=0.05), differences were considered statistically significant when p
KW  - Volleyball
KW  - Massage
KW  - Flexibility
KW  - Lower Extremity
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/intjscs/issue//1523844
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4104287
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