Table 1. Means (±standard deviations) of the sEMG and COP variables before and after static- stretching protocol for stretched and non-stretched lower limbs.
Measure Variable Lower Limb Conditions
Pre-Stretching Post-Stretching
Immediately 10 min. 20 min.
sEMG Median Frequency
(Hz)
STR 90.3 (17.0) 89.4 (18.0) 89.7 (18.0) 84.0 (22.0)
NSTR 88.1 (14.0) 83.6 (13.7) - -
COP Speed (a-p)
(mm·s-1)
STR 28.1 (5.7) 29.9 (10.3) 26.5 (5.7) 25.1 (7.1)
NSTR 26.2 (6.3) 28.5 (9.8) --- ---
Speed (m-l)
(mm·s-1)
STR 23.2 (5.3) 26.6 (14.6) 22.5 (6.2) 21.7 (4.69)
NSTR 21.1 (3.8) 21.9 (5.1) --- ---
Frequency (a-p)
(Hz)
STR 1.06 (.24) .87 (.16) .96 (.20) .84 (.23)
NSTR 1.1 (.28) .82 (.18) --- ---
Frequency (m-l)
(Hz)
STR .65 (.23) .62 (.25) .72 (.36) .59 (.19)
NSTR .51 (.19) .74 (.28) --- ---
STR = stretched lower limb; NSTR = non-stretched lower limb.