Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to study the acute effect of combined dynamic stretching and stimulating massage between pre and post exercise on muscular power. Twelve male sprinters (age 18 26 years old) from Chulalongkorn University were purposively sampled for this study and were further divided into four groups (3 subjects per group) by simple random sampling. All subjects underwent four intervention protocols which consisted of jogging, static stretching, dynamic stretching, and stimulation massage in a varying order within four weeks. The data of leg muscular power were assessed pre and post interventions. The obtained data were analyzed in terms of One-Way Analysis of Variance with repeated measure (multiple comparison by the LSD) and compare treatment with Two - way ANOVA with repeated measure (Multiple comparison by the tukey a) was also employed for statistical significant (p<.05). The results were as follow: The research results after four treatments indicated that the acute effect of the four treatments significantly increased power comparing to before and after treatment and pre-experimental data at the .05 level. There were no significant differences among four treatments after four weeks of experiment at the .05 level. In conclusion, the acute effect of combined dynamic stretching and stimulation massage in this study truly improved the acute effects on muscular power in sprinters.