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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages 817-825Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.861606
Keywords
injury; isokinetic; anterior cruciate ligament tears; knee; injury prevention
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- Program of Human Resources Formation for Science and Technology from the Seneca Foundation under PCTRM program [06862/FPI/2007]
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The main purposes of this study were to (a) investigate acute effects of static and dynamic lower limb stretching routines on total response time, pre-motor time and motor time of the medial and lateral hamstrings during maximal eccentric isokinetic knee flexion; and (b) determine whether static and dynamic routines elicit similar responses. A total of 38 active adults completed the following intervention protocols in a randomised order on separate days: (a) non-stretching (control condition), (b) static stretching and (c) dynamic stretching. After the stretching or control intervention, total response time, pre-motor time and motor time of the medial and lateral hamstrings were assessed during eccentric knee flexion movements with participants prone. Measures were compared via a mixed-design factorial ANOVA. There were no main effects for total response time, pre-motor time and motor time. The results suggest that dynamic and static stretching has no influence on hamstrings response times (total response time, pre-motor time and motor time) and hence neither form of stretching reduces this primary risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury.
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