Rapid force production in football players
Can you help us out with this study?
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are researching the muscle-tendon properties that influence rapid force production in elite football players. You are being invited to take part in this study as the control population.
Who can take part?
- Male
- Between 18-25 years old
- Recreationally-active footballer
- Free from any lower limb injury in the past three months
- No habitual history of resistance training
- Non-smoker
If interested you would need to:
- visit the Sport and Exercise Science laboratories in the Tom Reilly Building (Byrom Street Campus) on three separate occasions
- the first visit would be a one-hour familiarisation session
- the second two visits would each be two-hour testing sessions
- testing and familiarisation will involve assessment of calf muscle strength, muscle size measurements of the calf using ultrasound and a series of jumps and sprints as performance measures
Benefits of participating:
- From this testing you can receive an individual physiological profile that relates to your ability to produce power in a variety of movements. This would include information relating to your muscle size, strength, ability to produce rapid force and the elastic nature of your tendon
- You can also gain an insight into the research currently being conducted in elite footballers
More details of this study can be found in the participant information sheet (opens in a new tab). If you wish to participate in this study or have any further questions about the study, please contact: D.C.Robshaw@2016.ljmu.ac.uk.
