A study analysing the effects of a series of General Osteopathic Treatment upon the one repetition maximum weight bench press of a group of experienced weight trainers
Item
- Title
- A study analysing the effects of a series of General Osteopathic Treatment upon the one repetition maximum weight bench press of a group of experienced weight trainers
- Author(s)
- Jones, M
- Abstract
- Aim : The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a series of General Osteopathic Treatments (GOT), would increase the I repetition maximum weight bench press of a group of 10 experienced weight trainers. Method : A 10 subject test and 10 subject control group, each performed a 1 repetition maximum weight bench press at the start of the experiment. The test group then received 3, weekly, GOT treatments. The control group did not receive the treatments. After 3 weeks both groups attempted a second maximum weight bench press, and the results were compared to the earlier figures. Consent forms were signed by every member of both the test and control groups. Research was conducted online using the Athens database, giving access to Swetswise, Science Direct and other subsidiary databases. Google Scholar was also used, in addition to some websites such as; www.criticalbench.corn, for the more specialised powerlifting references. Key words for the searches include; bench press, proprioception, muscle energy technique. The GOT references were obtained from lecture notes, and books, as the online searches did not reveal any contemporary article based research. Results : Outcomes suggested a significant increase in the I repetition maximum~weight bench press in the test group, following application of GOTs (p=O.001). For the control group there was no significant change, found (p=0.217). Between group comparison, also suggested a significant difference when percentage change was compared (p=O.013). Conclusion : The findings suggest that the protocol treatment was effective, as the the 1 repetition maximum weight bench press, within the test group showed a significant increase, proving the hypothesis. However, the calculated power for the test group was weak; 0.29, indicating only a 29% chance of avoiding a type II error. An even weaker power of less than 0.08 was calculated for the control group, showing a less than 8% chance of avoiding a type II error. However, the calculated power for the percentage change between the groups was strong (0.87), indicating an 87% chance of avoiding a type II error. A real change was observed in the test group, as verified by the significant result, despite the weak power. The limitations of the study include; a lack of inter-gender comparisons, and the use of a small sample size, thus further research needs to be conducted
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 22.1.2013 16:23:35
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15278
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- GOT; Weight trainer; Maximum effects.
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
Jones, M, “A study analysing the effects of a series of General Osteopathic Treatment upon the one repetition maximum weight bench press of a group of experienced weight trainers”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/787