Comparison of instant effect of lumbal and sacroilac spinal manipualtion on flexibility and jumping performance in professional soccer players

Dönmez, Beyza (author), Hatik, Sefa Haktan (author), Büyükkirli, İlker Can (author), Aydin, Emine Büşra (author)

Recent evidence suggests that spinal manipulation can acutely improve mobility and lower-limb performance. This study compared the acute effects of lumbar and sacroiliac chiropractic manipulation on flexibility nd jump performance. Forty-five healthy male participants were randomly assigned to three groups: a Lumbar Manipulation Group (LMG; n = 15), a Sacroiliac Manipulation Group (SMG; n = 15), and a Control Group (n = 15). Flexibility was assessed using the V-Sit and Reach test, while performance was evaluated with vertical and horizontal jump tests. Lumbar manipulation was applied to the dysfunctional lumbar segment in the LMG, and sacroiliac joint manipulation was applied to the dysfunctional sacroiliac region in the SMG. No intervention was performed in the control group. Both manipulation techniques resulted in significant acute improvements in mobility and jump performance compared with the control group (p < 0.05), with the greatest improvement observed in vertical jump height (p = 0.001). No significant differences were found between the LMG and SMG. Spinal manipulation to the lumbar and sacroiliac regions appears to produce acute improvements in mobility and lower-limb power. These findings suggest that spinal manipulation may serve as a short-term performance-enhancing intervention.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, football, manipulation, spinal manipulation, soccer, flexibility, jumping
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 144-156
• Numbering: Vol. 31, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180551
• UDC: 796.332
• ISSN on article: 1318-2269
• DOI: 10.52165/kinsi.31.3.144-156
• COBISS.SI-ID: 265806595

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• Publication date in RUL: 11.03.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Kinesiologia Slovenica. scientific journal on sport
• Shortened title: Kinesiol. Slov.
• Publisher: Fakulteta za šport, Inštitut za kineziologijo, Fakulteta za šport, Inštitut za kineziologijo, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 1318-2269
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30681856

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Primerjava takojšnjega učinka lumbalne in sakroilakalne manipulacije hrbtenice na gibljivost in odrivno moč pri profesionalnih nogometaših

Abstract

Nedavne raziskave kažejo, da lahko spinalna manipulacija akutno izboljša gibljivost in gibalno učinkovitost spodnjih okončin. Namen te študije je bil primerjati akutne učinke spinalne manipulacije ledvene hrbtenice in sakroiliakalnega sklepa na gibljivost in odrivno moč. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 45 zdravih moških udeležencev, ki so bili naključno razdeljeni v tri skupine: skupina za ledveno manipulacijo (LMG; n = 15), skupina za sakroiliakalno manipulacijo (SMG; n = 15) in kontrolna skupina (n = 15). Gibljivost je bila ocenjena z V-sit in Reach testoma, odrivna moč pa z vertikalnim in horizontalnim skokom. V skupini LMG je bila manipulacija izvedena na disfunkcionalnem ledvenem segmentu, v skupini SMG pa na disfunkcionalnem sakroiliakalnem sklepu, medtem ko kontrolna skupina ni prejela nobene intervencije. Obe manipulacijski tehniki sta povzročili statistično značilne akutne izboljšave gibljivosti in odrivne moči v primerjavi s kontrolno skupino (p < 0.05), pri čemer je bil največji učinek zaznan pri višini vertikalnega skoka (p = 0.001). Razlike med skupinama LMG in SMG niso bile statistično značilne. Spinalna manipulacija ledvene hrbtenice in sakroiliakalnega sklepa se je izkazala za učinkovito kot kratkoročen pristop za izboljšanje gibljivosti in moči spodnjih okončin.

• Keywords: šport, manipulacija, spinalna manipulacija, nogomet, prožnost, skakanje