Acute Effects of Static Stretching in the Manifestation of Neuromuscular Fatigue in Submaximal Isometric Contraction

Effect of static and dynamic muscle stretching as part of warm up procedures on knee joint proprioception and strength

“…Negative effects of SS on muscle strength (Cramer et al, 2004;Power, Behm, Cahill, Carroll, & Young, 2004) and athletic performance ( Fletcher & Anness, 2007;Haddad et al, 2014;Trajano et al, 2015) have been established previously, and the findings of the present study are in agreement. Concentric strength of the knee extensors and flexors were greater in both DS and CON compared to SS conditions.…”

“…Studies examining the effect of stretching on proprioception have focussed on SS (Larsen et al, 2005;Björklund et al, 2006;Ghaffarinejad et al, 2007). In recent times the utility of SS as exercise preparation has been questioned (Simic, Sarabon, & Markovic, 2013), because acute effects of SS include decreased muscle strength (Cramer et al, 2004), sprint performance ( Fletcher & Anness, 2007;Haddad et al, 2014), and increased fatigability (Trajano, Pinho, Costa, & Oliveira, 2015). An alternative of increasing popularity is dynamic stretching (DS), which involves a repeated controlled movement through the joint range of motion (Fletcher & Anness, 2007).…”