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Acute decrease in the stiffness of resting muscle belly due to static stretching
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The purpose of the study was to examine the acute effect of static stretching exercise on the resting stiffness of gastrocnemius muscle belly. Ten healthy young adults performed standing wall stretching in dorsiflexion for 1min at a time and repeated five times. Before and after stretching, the shear modulus was measured in medial and lateral heads of the resting gastrocnemius muscle with ultrasound shear-wave elastography. After the stretching, dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) of the ankle joint increased (P<0.01) by 3.9 degrees and returned in 20min. Immediately after stretching, shear modulus decreased (P<0.01) by 14%, compared with before stretching across muscle heads. The decrease in shear modulus returned in 20min after stretching. In the comparison group of 10 additional subjects, the standing intervention without stretching had no influence on these measures. There was a negative correlation between dorsiflexion ROM and shear modulus in either head before and after stretching. The results demonstrate the transient decreases in the stiffness of the resting gastrocnemius muscle belly and indicate that joint flexibility is greater in individuals with lower resting stiffness of the muscle belly.
Keywords:
muscle elasticity
shear modulus
joint flexibility
ultrasound elastography
strain injuries
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