RT Journal Article T1 Comparison of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) after isometric and isotonic exercise on vertical jump performance A1 Vargas-Molina, Salvador A1 Salgado-Ramírez, Ulises A1 Chulvi-Medrano, Iván A1 Carbone, Leandro A1 Maroto-Izquierdo, Sergio A1 Benítez-Porres, Javier K1 Músculos - Contracción AB PurposeThis study aimed to compare the post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) induced by isometric and isotonic exercise on vertical jump performance.Methods18 healthy trained men (25.8±2.7 years; 78.4±8.2 kg; 175.7±6.1 cm; 25.4±1.8 BMI; 126.72 ±10.8 kg squat 1-RM) volunteered for this study. They randomly performed two different PAPE protocols: Isotonic squats (ISOTS), which consisted of 2 sets of 3 repetitions at 75% of onemaximum repetition (1-RM); and isometric squats (ISOMS), which consisted of 2 sets of 4 seconds of submaximal (75% of 1-RM) isometric contraction at 90˚-knee flexion. Countermovement jump (CMJ) height was tested at baseline and 4 minutes after each conditioning set.ResultsCMJ height significantly increased after set 1 in both PAPE protocols (ISOMS: p <0.001; ES = 0.34; ISOTS: p <0.001; ES = 0.24), with respect to the baseline jump. However, after set 2 no significant changes in CMJ height were observed for any protocol (ISOMS: p = 0.162; ES = 0.11; ISOTS: p = 0.976; ES = 0.06). No significant differences (p>0.05) were found between both isometric and isotonic exercise conditions.ConclusionsDespite both protocols showed similar PAPE effects on CMJ height after set 1, none of the protocols demonstrated greater efficacy in increasing subsequent performance in healthy trained men. PB Plos One YR 2021 FD 2021-12-02 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45319 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45319 LA eng NO Vargas-Molina S, Salgado-Ramı´rez U, Chulvi-Medrano I, Carbone L, Maroto-Izquierdo S, Benı´tez-Porres J (2021) Comparison of postactivation performance enhancement (PAPE) after isometric and isotonic exercise on vertical jump performance. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260866. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260866 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 3 mar 2026