ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
The relationship between stiffness and pain following unaccustomed eccentric exercise: the effects of gentle stretch and repeated bout.
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- Effectiveness of Home-Based Stretching and Strengthening Training for Improving Flexibility, Strength, and Physical Function in Older Adults with Leg Tightness and/or Suspected Sarcopenia.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between Gray-Scale Ultrasound Imaging and Serological Creatine Kinase for Quantifying Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: An Observational Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Response of Knee Extensor Muscle-Tendon Unit Stiffness to Unaccustomed and Repeated High-Volume Eccentric Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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purposeTo determine how muscle stiffness and pain which develop after eccentric exercise are affected by gentle stretching and repeated exercise.
methodsTwenty-one healthy female participants undertook eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors and changes in resting elbow flexion angle (REFA; a measure of muscle stiffness), pain on stretch scale, pain elicited by pressure (PPT pain, a measure of mechanoreceptor hypersensitivity), and upper arm girth were followed for 7 days after exercise. The effects of gentle passive stretching on pain and muscle stiffness were investigated 2 and 4 days after exercise. Eleven participants also repeated the exercise with the same arm 6 weeks after the first bout.
resultsThere was a significant relationship between the pain on stretch scale and increased REFA (day 4; R
conclusionsThe results indicate that reductions in pain on stretch scale, either by gentle passive stretching or as the result of repeated exercise, are primarily due to reductions in muscle stiffness which develops after eccentric exercise, whereas mechanoreceptor hypersensitivity is relatively unaffected.
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