Mechanistic Drivers of PAPE: Muscle Architecture and Performance in Soccer Players

Forty-four trained male soccer players participated in a randomized, assessor-blinded controlled trial to examine the mechanisms of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE). The dataset contains raw outcome data from four measurement modalities—countermovement jump, electromyography, tensiomyography, and ultrasonography—collected at baseline and six post-intervention time points. It also includes a responder classification file based on a minimum detectable change threshold of 3.26 cm.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the time-course of performance changes based on countermovement jump height and change scores.
• Correlating muscle excitability (via sEMG amplitude) with jump performance changes.
• Investigating relationships between muscle contractile kinetics (TMG parameters) and PAPE responsiveness.
• Studying how acute changes in muscle architecture (pennation angle, fascicle length) relate to performance enhancement.
• Classifying athletes as positive, negative, or non-responders to a conditioning stimulus based on a defined clinical threshold.

Strengths

• Data is from a randomized, assessor-blinded controlled trial (n=44), a robust experimental design.
• Includes multi-modal measurements (jump performance, EMG, TMG, ultrasound) across seven time points, enabling mechanistic analysis.
• Dataset is anonymized and shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06982937), indicating formal protocol registration.

Limitations

• The exact row count and column names are not provided, limiting precise assessment of dataset structure.
• The sample is specific to trained male soccer players, limiting generalizability to other populations or sports.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is a single acute intervention, not longitudinal.

Provenance

Source

Artur Terbalyan

Collection Method

Data collected from a randomized, assessor-blinded controlled trial.

Time Range

Measurements taken at a single baseline and at 0, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 minutes post-intervention.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

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