ACUTE EFFECTS OF STATIC VERSUS DYNAMIC STRETCHING ON ISOMETRIC PEAK TORQUE, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, AND MECHANOMYOGRAPHY OF THE BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE.

The article discusses a study to examine the acute effects of static versus dynamic stretching on peak torque and electromyographic and mechanomyographic amplitude of the biceps femoris (BF) muscle during isometric maximal voluntary contractions of the leg flexors at four different knee joint angles. The results suggested that the decreases in strength after static stretching may be the result of mechanical rather than neural mechanisms for the BF muscle.