Research in Sports Medicine and Technology

The Effects of Short Time Static and Dynamic Stretching on Kinematics Variability of Lower Extremity in Males during Cycling

Authors

Ali Abbasi
Heydar Sadeghi
Mehdi Zamanian
Anoshirvan Kazemnejad
https://doi.org/10.29252/jsmt.12.1.1
Abstract
The purpose of present study was to examine the effects of short time static and dynamic stretching of muscles on kinematics variability of lower extremity in healthy active males during cycling. 15 physical education and sport sciences male students from Kharazmi University voluntarily participated in this study. Subjects referred to the laboratory during two days, with 48 hours intervals between each sessions, and lower extremity kinematics data were collected from 30 pedaling cycle on the stationary cycle in 70 RPM in situation of without stretching, after 2, 5, and 10 minutes post stretching by means of motion analysis camera in 50 Hz frequency. Hip, knee and ankle joints angular displacement and velocity were extracted for constructing time series and variability calculation. Results of repeated measure ANOVA did not show any significant differences in angular displacement and velocity variability in hip, knee and ankle joints after 2, 5, and 10 minutes post stretching (P>0.05). Regarding results, probably it can be use static and dynamic stretching in warm up programs before cycling or rehabilitation on stationary cycle.

Keywords

Static stretching
Dynamic stretching
kinematics variability
Cycling
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