ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Comparative Study of Muscle Hardness during Water-Walking and Land-Walking Using Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography in Healthy Young People.
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Abstract
Compared with land-walking, water-walking is considered to be beneficial as a whole-body exercise because of the characteristics of water (buoyancy, viscosity, hydrostatic pressure, and water temperature). However, there are few reports on the effects of exercise in water on muscles, and there is no standard qualitative assessment method for muscle flexibility. Therefore, we used ultrasound real-time tissue elastography (RTE) to compare muscle hardness after water-walking and land-walking. Participants were 15 healthy young adult males (24.8 ± 2.3 years). The method consisted of land-walking and water-walking for 20 min on separate days. The strain ratio of the rectus femoris (RF) and medial head of gastrocnemius (MHGM) muscles were measured before and immediately after walking using RTE to evaluate muscle hardness. In water-walking, the strain ratio significantly decreased immediately after water-walking, with
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