The effect of static and dynamic muscle stretching as part of warm-up procedures on stretching on isokinetic strength, functional movement screen, flexibility and agility in Korean national foil fencers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of combined static and dynamic stretch as part of warm-up procedures on isokinetic strength, functional movement screen (FMS), flexibility, and agility in Korean national foil fencers. Twelve Korean fencers (mean age 29.3±3.6yrs, Career: 16.6±3.1yrs, Height: 171.4±9.5cm, Weight: 67.3±12.4kg) participated in this study (Male: 7, age 30.0±3.2yrs, Career: 16.7±2.2yrs, Height: 177.1±8.1cm, Weight: 75.1±9.9kg; Female: 5, age 28.4±4.4yrs, Career: 16.4±4.3yrs, Height: 163.4±3.9cm, Weight: 56.3±4.1kg). Fencers measured FMS, isokinetic strength of knee joint, flexibility, agility at pre (1-week) and post (4-week). Fencers performed a warm-up program three times a week for four weeks. As a results, FMS scores (11.8±2.3 to 14.4±1.6, p<0.05), strength of dominant knee flexors (115.5±26.0 to 126.0±26.6, p<0.05), change-step jump (66.0±6.8 to 69.4±5.6, p<0.05), trunk forward flexion (12.0±7.7 to 13.9±6.5, p<0.05) were significantly higher in post-test than pre-test, respectively. However, the results for front-rear step, trunk backward extension were not significant differences between pre-test and post-test. These results suggest that the fencing-specific warm-up program based on stretching is effective on strength of knee flexors, agility by increasing flexibility, improving stability, mobility.

Functional recovery prediction during rehabilitation after rotator cuff tears by decision support system

“…Increasingly, medical professionals acknowledge that the functional assessment of the patient and data collection have become routine aspects of their work, emphasizing the need for an additional auxiliary instrument [13][14][15]. An algorithm, as such an additional tool, would assist in indicating the main guidelines, and criteria for the creating an individual patient's rehabilitation program.…”

“…(2) Pain syndrome-intensity, severity, and nature of pain were evaluated by VAS scale [18,26] and McGill pain questionnaire [16,25]. (3) Shoulder motor function was evaluated using manual muscle strength testing (MMT) [13,15,16], shoulder active ROM [14,20,27], and dexterity of movements by Box&Block test [36]. (4) Functioning and disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand by DASH [17,20,21] and SPADI [28]; (5) Psycho-emotional state-anxiety and depression evaluated by HAD scale [19,21,23,25,28,35], Sleep restrictions [25,34] and Fear of movements by TAMPA Scale of Kinesiophobia [14,30,31].…”