Table 2.
Peak muscle strength of the quadriceps before and after stretching of the contrary hamstring muscle in the three groups [mean ± SEM (95% CI)].
Static
Dynamic
Control
P
value
(group x time)
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
ConST60 (%MVC)
76 ± 6
(63-88)
75 ± 6
(63-87)
73 ± 6
(61-85)
71 ± 6
(58-83)
88 ± 6
(74-101)
80 ± 4
(71-89)
>0.05
ConBF60 (%MVC)
75 ± 5
(64-85)
73 ± 5
(63-83)
77 ± 6
(64-90)
77 ± 7
(64-91)
76 ± 5
(65-87)
71 ± 4
(62-79)
>0.05
ConST240 (%MVC)
63 ± 6
(50-75)
60 ± 5
(49-71)
54 ± 6
(41-67)
56 ± 5
(46-66)
66 ± 5
(56-76)
66 ± 5
(56-75)
>0.05
ConBF240 (%MVC)
67 ± 6
(55-80)
66 ± 5
(56-76)
71 ± 7
(58-85)
70 ± 7
(56-84)
68 ± 6
(55-81)
66 ± 6
(53-79)
>0.05
EccST60 (%MVC)
74 ± 6
(60-87)
78 ± 7
(64-91)
69 ± 6
(57-80)
67 ± 5
(55-78)
71 ± 4
(62-80)
73 ± 5
(62-84)
>0.05
EccBF60 (%MVC)
66 ± 3
(59-73)
67 ± 3
(61-74)
68 ± 4
(59-77)
69 ± 5
(59-78)
69 ± 5
(59-78)
69 ± 4
(60-78)
>0.05
EccST240 (%MVC)
64 ± 6
(51-77)
63 ± 6
(50-77)
57 ± 6
(45-68)
52 ± 5
(41-63)
60 ± 4
(51-68)
62 ± 4
(53-71)
>0.05
EccBF240 (%MVC)
57 ± 3
(50-64)
54 ± 4
(46-62)
58 ± 4
(49-66)
60 ± 5
(48-71)
57 ± 6
(45-69)
62 ± 5
(51-73)
>0.05
Con: Concentric; Ecc: Eccentric; 60: 60°/sec angular velocity; 240: 240°/sec angular velocity; Nm: Newton-meter.