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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2020.25.01.125

The Effect of Stretching to Muscle Stiffness in Hospital Office Employees  

Ko, Min-Gyun (Dept. of Health Administration, Chosun College of Science & Technology)
Jeun, Young-Ju (Dept. of Health Administration, Chosun College of Science & Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.25, no.1, 2020 , pp. 125-130 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to investigate the effects of stretching of hospital office employees on muscle stiffness. A total of 40 healthy young women voluntarily participated in the study. The participants were randomized to the stretching groups and control groups. Before stretching, the participants measured muscle stiffness of sternocleidomastoid muscle, upper trapezius muscle suboccipital muscles and pectoralis minor. And then applied stretching to stretching group. Muscle stiffness remeasured five minutes later in each group. In all muscles, muscle stiffness of stretching group were significant decreased(p<.05), but control group were no significant difference between pre and post. therefore appropriate stretching is expected to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal diseases caused by increased muscle stiffness in hospital office employees.
Keywords
Muscle stiffness; Stretching; Hospital office employee; Sternocleidomastoid; Upper trappezius;
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