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

Table 1 Measure of intervention groups’ extensibility at baseline, acute and chronic phases

	Baseline extensibility (Degrees)	Acute extensibility (Degrees)	Chronic extensibility (Degrees)	Baseline/acute extensibility (P value)	Baseline/chronic extensibility (P value)
Static stretching group	88.7 ± 1.5	94.0 ± 2.2	100.0 ± 0.6	0.0002c	0.0002c
Dynamic stretching group	91.2 ± 1.1	91.2 ± 2.6	92.1 ± 0.9	0.937	0.188
DTFM group	92.8 ± 1.2	94.6 ± 2.1	95.7 ± 0.7	0.0011c	0.0002c

¹Very significant difference;

²Extremely significant difference.

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

Table 2 Comparison of extensibility, agility and maximal strength significance level between all intervention groups during baseline, acute, and chronic phases

Dependent variable	Significance between interventions
Baseline extensibility	0.078
Baseline agility	0.124
Baseline strength	0.0502
Acute extensibility	0.132
Acute agility	0.183
Acute strength	0.0111a
Chronic extensibility	0.0002c
Chronic agility	0.88
Chronic strength	0.07

¹Significant difference;

²Extremely significant difference.

^aP < 0.05,

^cP < 0.001.

Table 3 Measure of intervention groups’ agility at baseline, acute and chronic phases

	Baseline agility (s)	Acute agility (s)	Chronic agility (s)	Baseline/acute agility (P value)	Baseline/chronic agility (P value)
Static stretching group	10.9 ± 0.3	10.4 ± 0.4	10.2 ± 0.4	0.0012c	0.00013c
Dynamic stretching group	10.5 ± 0.4	9.9 ± 0.3	9.8 ± 0.5	0.0003c	0.078
DTFM group	9.9 ± 0.7	10.1 ± 0.5	9.9 ± 0.5	0.00013c	0.0231a

¹Significant difference;

²Very significant difference;

³Extremely significant difference.

^aP < 0.05,

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

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.