ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2015
Changes in force and stiffness after static stretching of eccentrically-damaged hamstrings.
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- Acute and Prolonged Effects of 300 sec of Static, Dynamic, and Combined Stretching on Flexibility and Muscle Force.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Trial
- Effects of Whole-Body Stretching Exercise during Lunch Break for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion among Healthcare Professionals.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Capacitive and Resistive Electric Transfer Intervention on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness Induced by Eccentric Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- The acute benefits and risks of passive stretching to the point of pain.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Trial
- The effects of eccentric training on hamstring flexibility and strength in young dance students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of wearable low-intensity continuous ultrasound on muscle biomechanical properties during delayed onset muscle soreness.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024Article
- Passive Muscle Stiffness of Biceps Femoris is Acutely Reduced after Eccentric Knee Flexion.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of the Acute Effects of Foam Rolling with High and Low Vibration Frequencies on Eccentrically Damaged Muscle.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Article
- The Effect of Static Compression via Vibration Foam Rolling on Eccentrically Damaged Muscle.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship between Eccentric-Exercise-Induced Loss in Muscle Function to Muscle Soreness and Tissue Hardness.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The effect of static stretching exercises on hip range of motion, pain, and disability in patients with non-specific low back pain.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Acute and chronic effects of static stretching at 100% versus 120% intensity on flexibility.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- The Acute Effect of Foam Rolling on Eccentrically-Induced Muscle Damage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Changes in Flexibility and Force are not Different after Static Versus Dynamic Stretching.Sports medicine international open · 2019Article
- Dynamic Stretching Has Sustained Effects on Range of Motion and Passive Stiffness of the Hamstring Muscles.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019Article
- Effect of Static Stretching with Superficial Cooling on Muscle Stiffness.Sports medicine international open · 2018Article
- Early rehabilitation for volumetric muscle loss injury augments endogenous regenerative aspects of muscle strength and oxidative capacity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Article
- The effects of 4 weeks stretching training to the point of pain on flexibility and muscle tendon unit properties.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Article
- Effects of a static stretch using a load on low back pain patients with shortened tensor fascia lata.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study compared responses to static stretching between eccentrically damaged and non-damaged muscles.
methodsTwelve young men performed 60 maximum knee flexor eccentric contractions of one leg, and received a 300-s continuous passive static stretching at tolerable intensity without pain to both knee flexors at 2 and 4 days after the eccentric exercise. Range of motion (ROM) and passive stiffness during knee extension, passive torque at onset of pain (PT), maximum voluntary isometric (MVC-ISO) and isokinetic concentric contraction torque (MVC-CON), and visual analogue scale (VAS) for muscle soreness were measured before, immediately after, 60 min, 2 and 4 days after exercise as well as before, immediately after, 20 and 60 min after the stretching. Changes in these variables after eccentric exercise and stretching were compared between limbs.
resultsThe eccentric exercise decreased MVC-ISO, MVC-CON, ROM and PT, and increased passive stiffness and VAS (p < 0.05), suggesting that muscle damage was induced to the knee flexors. ROM and PT increased after stretching for both limbs; however, the magnitude of the increase was greater (p < 0.05) for the damaged than non-damaged limb. Passive stiffness decreased for both limbs similarly (4-7 %) at immediately after stretching (p < 0.05). Significant decreases in MVC-ISO torque (7-11 %) after stretching were observed only for the non-damaged limb (p < 0.05), but MVC-CON torque did not change after stretching for both limbs. VAS decreased for the exercised limb after stretching (p < 0.05).
conclusionsThese results suggest that the static stretching at tolerable intensity without pain produced greater positive effects on damaged than non-damaged muscles.
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