| Abstract:
The necessity of identitying a method to bring about the best
durable flexibility for the tissues in the shortest time is one of the
most important rehabilitation and sportive issues.
The aim of this research was to study the flexibility of hamstring
muscles (HMF) of dominant and non-dominant limb after a course
of stretching exercise in consecutive and alternative repetitions, and
comparing the two HMF measuring methods.
45 subjects were randomly divided into three groups (n=15).
Groups 1 and 2 performed static stretching exercise with a frequency
of 10 repetitions lasting 30 seconds interspersed with a 60 second
rest intervals between each repetitions. The consecutive group
performed the task six days a week and the alternative group
performed the exercise every other day during the week. Hamstring
muscle flexibility (HMF) of both limbs was measured using four
methods of AKE, SRT, HJA, and SLR.
The results showed that, despite the slight difference between the
HMF of the two experimental groups, there was no significant
difference between HMF of the dominant and non-dominant limb.
It was concluded that since the muscle elongates in the range of
its elongation capacity, one-day pause in the course of exercise has
the same effect on the HMF persistence irrespective of the method
of muscle elongation.
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