Table 1. Peak muscle strength of the hamstring before and after stretching of the contrary quadriceps muscle in the three groups [mean ± SEM (95% CI)].
Static Dynamic Control P value
(group x time)
Before After Before After Before After
Con60 (Nm) 156 ± 6
(142-169)		 158 ± 7
(144-172)		 156 ± 6
(143-168)		 153 ± 5
(142-175)		 160 ± 6
(148-171)		 155 ± 5
(143-166)		 >0.05
Con240 (Nm) 99 ± 4
(91-108)		 98 ± 4
(91-107)		 97 ± 4
(90-105)		 96 ± 5
(86-106)		 94 ± 4
(86-103)		 93 ± 5
(83-102)		 >0.05
Ecc60 (Nm) 198 ± 8
(182-214)		 196 ± 8
(180-213)		 195 ± 10
(174-215)		 188 ± 8
(172-204)		 197 ± 8
(180-214)		 189 ± 8
(172-206)		 >0.05
Ecc240 (Nm) 178 ± 6
(166-191)		 172 ± 7
(158-187)		 166 ± 5
(156-177)		 169 ± 7
(154-183)		 178 ± 8
(161-196)		 177 ± 8
(160-194)		 >0.05
Con: Concentric; Ecc: Eccentric; 60: 60°/sec angular velocity; 240: 240°/sec angular velocity; Nm: Newton-meter.