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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sports Med Int Open 2019; 03(03): E89-E95
DOI: 10.1055/a-1001-1993
Training & Testing
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Changes in Flexibility and Force are not Different after Static Versus Dynamic Stretching

Shingo Matsuo
1   Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University, Handa, Japan
,
Masahiro Iwata
1   Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University, Handa, Japan
2   Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
,
Manabu Miyazaki
3   Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Science for Health, Teikyo Heisei University, Toshima-ku, Japan
,
Taizan Fukaya
4   Department of Rehabilitation, Kyoto Kujo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
,
Eiji Yamanaka
5   Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, Narashino, Japan
,
Kentaro Nagata
6   Department of Rehabilitation, Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Japan
,
Wakako Tsuchida
1   Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University, Handa, Japan
2   Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
,
Yuji Asai
1   Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University, Handa, Japan
,
Shigeyuki Suzuki
7   Department of Health and Sports Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Asahi University, Mizuho, Japan
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received 03 April 2019
revised 06 August 2019

accepted 07 August 2019

Publication Date:
23 October 2019 (online)

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Abstract

In this study, we examined the effects of static and dynamic stretching on range of motion (ROM), passive torque (PT) at pain onset, passive stiffness, and isometric muscle force. We conducted a randomized crossover trial in which 16 healthy young men performed a total of 300 s of active static or dynamic stretching of the right knee flexors on two separate days in random order. To assess the effects of stretching, we measured the ROM, PT at pain onset, passive stiffness during passive knee extension, and maximum voluntary isometric knee flexion force using an isokinetic dynamometer immediately before and after stretching. Both static and dynamic stretching significantly increased the ROM and PT at pain onset (p<0.01) and significantly decreased the passive stiffness and isometric knee flexion force immediately after stretching (p<0.01). However, the magnitude of change did not differ between the two stretching methods for any measurements. Our results suggest that 300 s of either static or dynamic stretching can increase flexibility and decrease isometric muscle force; however, the effects of stretching do not appear to differ between the two stretching methods.

Key words

warm-up exercise - range of motion - passive torque - passive stiffness - muscle force

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Sports Medicine International Open recently publishedInt J Sports Med 2019; 40(14): 941-941
DOI: 10.1055/a-1021-7893

 

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