Why the study?
Do ballistic stretching techniques improve flexibility, muscle strength, and electrophysiologic nature in young adults?
Do ballistic stretching techniques improve flexibility, muscle strength, and electrophysiologic nature in young adults?
Ballistic stretching techniques may be effective, though the reported results regarding pain scales and frequency levels appear disconnected from the described methods.
Pain reductions across frequencies are hypothesis-generating; leaves open ballistic stretching benefits for flexibility and strength in young adults.
Purpose : The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of ballistic stretching techniques on the flexibility, muscle strength and electrophysiologic nature. Methods : The subjects of the study were 20 young adults including 10 for the ballistic-stretching group, and 10 for the control group. This study measured hamstring flexibility, muscle strength, median frequency and root mean square on electromyography signals. All measurements were analyzed using independent sample t-tests. Results : VAS, FPRS, and ODI showed significant pain decrease in all groups except for the ODI measurement in the 0.5㎐ group. There were no significant differences according to frequency levels. Conclusion : It was understood that the effect of stretching was greater when performing ballistic stretching techniques.
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