Effect of deep transverse friction massage vs stretching on football players’ performance

Table 4 Measure of intervention groups’ strength at baseline, acute and chronic phases

	Baseline strength (kg)	Acute strength (kg)	Chronic strength (kg)	Baseline/acute strength (P value)	Baseline/chronic strength (P value)
Static stretching group	48.5 ± 2.1	51.7 ± 1.6	53.7 ± 1.3	0.0003c	0.0003c
Dynamic stretching group	48.4 ± 1.8	51.3 ± 1.4	50.9 ± 1.1	0.0003	0.0111a
DTFM group	43.5 ± 1.2	45.5 ± 1.2	47.8 ± 0.9	0.0012c	0.0003c

¹Significant difference;

²Very significant difference;

³Extremely significant difference.

^aP < 0.05,

^cP < 0.001. DTFM: Deep transverse friction massage.