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Usefulness of warm-up Despite limited scientific evidence supporting their true effectiveness, warm-up routines prior to sportrelated activities are well-accepted practices in the judo milieu. The majority of the positive effects of warm- up have been attributed to our temperature-related mechanisms : e.g.: decreased stiffness, increased nerve-conduction rate, altered force-velocity relationship, increased anaerobic energy provision and increased thermo-regulatory pressure. (To elevate the body temperature by a few degrees with the view to establish a more stable platform as needed for continuous and more strenuous performances.) It has been observed that passive warm-up for a few minutes do increase the muscle temperature and the core temperature by less than two degrees. This is similar to the heating levels gained by the active warm- up where we frequently note the loss of some energy levels when the exercise unit is prolonged and the duration of the exercises increased. Passive warm- up, although being found not practical for most athletic high performance, are still practiced as a quick mean to rise the muscle/body temperatures when time restraints have to be considered before a match. 4|P age
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References
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Takashiko Ishikawa, Donn. F. Draeger, Judo Training Methods, Charles Tuttle, Tokyo, 1962, page 147
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Small, Katie , Mc Naughton, Lars and Matthews, Martin ( 2008) 'A Systematic Review into the Efficacy of Static Stretching as Part of a Warm-Up for the Prevention of Exercise-Related Injury', Research in Sports Medicine, 16: 3, 213 231
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Magnusson, Peter and Renstrm, Per , The role of stretching exercises in sports ,'The European College of Sports Sciences Position Statement: ', European Journal of Sport Science, 6:2, 87 91
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Arnold G Nelson, Joukop Kokonen, Stretching Anatomy, Human Kinetics Books pub, 1953
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