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. 2014 Feb;9(1):92–102.

Table 1.

Mean (SD) for Various Measurement of Self‐Massage (SM) and Static Stretching (SS) During Different Time Intervals.

Variable Condition Pre‐test 1 Pre‐test 2 1 minute 10 minutes
F‐100 (Newtons) SM 234.56 (81.30) 221.50 (61.49) 252.96 (72.30) 219.93 (60.39)
  SS 268.62 (103.15) 267.70 (77.5) 258.73 (72.73) 267.78 (101.66)
IEMG‐TA (millivolts) SM 0.003 (0.001) 0.004 (0.001) 0.004 (0.001) 0.004 (0.001)
  SS 0.004 (0.001) 0.004 (0.001) 0.003 (0.001) 0.003 (0.001)
IEMG‐SOLEUS (millivolts) SM 0.02 (0.00) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01)
  SS 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01)
Stork Test (seconds) SM 29.72 (0.90) 29.08 (0.75) 26.63 (5.86) 27.05 (5.56)
  SS 27.22 (3.72) 27.63 (4.41) 23.58 (7.06) 25.75 (6.55)

F100 = force produced in the first 100 milliseconds; IEMG = Integrated electromyography; TA= tibialis anterior