Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Flexibility is said as the smoothly, painlessly and without restriction movement of a joint. Decreased on flexibility will result in decreased performance and lack of coordination of movements. To avoid such damage, there are treatments suitable for basic stretches that will improve the functionality of the individual. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Muscle Energy Technique and the effectiveness of self-stretching on flexibility gains of posterior master chain. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted with 26 students of Physiotherapy of Patos Integrated College, which were divided into two groups, G1 and G2, with a total of 13 participants in each group. It was used as a collection tool the Wells bank . Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 18.0, and analisdos by descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: It was observed that most of the participants were female, with mean age of 20 years. It was observed that the gain of flexibility between two calls is less than the immediately flexibility gain. CONCLUSION: According to the results obtained, it was observed that muscle energy technique, as well as self-stretching technique, proved to be effective for flexibility gaining of the rear master chain, being the TEM which showed better efficacy.
Highlights
Flexibility is called as smooth moving, painless and without restriction of a joint The reduced flexibility will result in decreased performance and incoordination of movements
muscle energy technique (MET) and the self-stretching showed to be efficient for flexibility gain of the posterior master chain in the studied sample, the flexibility gain obtained after MET was higher than that obtained after self-stretching
The average flexibility of participants measured before the application of Muscle Energy Technique was 20.4 cm (SD=8.37), while the average flexibility obtained after the tenth attendance was 33.6 cm (SD=5.42)
Summary
Flexibility is called as smooth moving, painless and without restriction of a joint The reduced flexibility will result in decreased performance and incoordination of movements. To prevent such damages, there are adequate treatments based on stretching that will improve the functionality of the subject. The smooth movement, painless and without restriction of a joint a series of them represents the degree of flexibility. This depends on the extensibility of muscle tendinous units, transposing a joint [1]. Just like the flexibility is essential for the normal movement, its maintenance is important to prevent injuries in musculoskeletal- tendinous unit [3]
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