Department of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. mdinauer@wustl.edu.
Department of Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis , St. Louis, MO, USA. mdinauer@wustl.edu.
Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Team, Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
2023-12-19
Area of Cell & Developmental Biology, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ivan.ballesteros@cnic.es.
Knee extension and hip flexion range of motion (ROM) and functional performance of the hamstrings are of great importance in many sports. The aim of this study was to investigate if static stretching ...
We aimed to investigate the effect of stretching exercises applied to the hamstring, one of the posterior muscle chains, on musculoskeletal flexibility, chest mobility, and respiratory function. Propr...
Muscle stretching exercises preserve corporal flexibility and decrease the retraction and shortening of myofascial and articular structures. These exercises are recommended for the treatment of fibrom...
Forty adults with FM were randomly allocated into two groups: global and segmental. The two kinds of therapies were performed in 10 individual sessions once a week. Two assessments were made: one at b...
At the end of treatment, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups in the outcome variables. Furthermore, the groups presented lower pain intensity (baseline vs. final; gl...
Muscle stretching exercises based on global posture reeducation and segmental muscle stretching exercises, both used in concert with an educational approach rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, red...
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02384603 . Registered on 10 March 2015....
Muscle stretching effect on the range of motion (ROM) and force deficit in non-stretched muscle, and the underlying mechanisms, is an ongoing issue. This study aimed to investigate crossover stretchin...
Fourteen recreationally active females (n = 5) and males (n = 9) performed six sets of 45-s static stretching (SS) (15-s recovery) to the point of discomfort of the dominant leg (DL) plantar flexors o...
Both the DL and non-DL-MVIC force had large magnitude, significant (↓10.87%, p = 0.027, pƞ...
Prolonged static stretching improved the stretched muscle's ROM. However, the stretched limb's force was negatively affected following the stretching protocol. The ROM improvement and large magnitude ...
The effects of stretching exercises on muscle strength have been widely researched in the literature, however, there are no studies investigating the effects of Pilates stretching....
To compare the effects of static stretching and Pilates stretching on the concentric muscle strength of the knee extensors and flexors....
102 trained young adults were randomized into three groups: static stretching (n = 33); Pilates stretching (n = 34); control (n = 35). Isokinetic evaluation of the knee extensor and flexor muscles was...
No difference (p > 0.05) was observed between the groups after the intervention. There was only a significant intragroup improvement for the control group on the isokinetic muscle strength of the knee...
Static stretching or Pilates stretching performed as a warm-up did not impair or enhance the concentric muscle strength performance of the knee extensors and flexors. In this way, both forms of stretc...
Fish transport workers in Indonesia lift loads more than the specified limits, both in weight and frequency. This could cause lactic acid accumulation, fatigue and reduced physical performance. The ai...
Electromechanical delay (EMD) of muscle is influenced in part by its in-series arrangement with connective tissue. Therefore, studying EMD might provide a better understanding of the muscle-connective...
The current literature on the chronic effects of static stretching (SS) exercises on muscle strength and power is unclear and controversial....
We aimed to examine the chronic effects of SS exercises on muscle strength and power as well as flexibility in healthy individuals across the lifespan....
Systematic review with meta-analysis of (randomized) controlled trials....
A systematic literature search was conducted in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and SPORTDiscus up to May 2022....
We included studies that investigated the chronic effects of SS exercises on at least one muscle strength and power outcome compared to an active/passive control group or the contralateral leg (i.e., ...
The main findings of 41 studies indicated trivial-to-small positive effects of chronic SS exercises on muscle strength (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.21, [95% confidence interval 0.10-0.32], ...
The main findings indicated that chronic SS exercises have the potential to improve muscle strength and power. Such improvements appear to benefit sedentary more than recreationally active participant...
Acute aerobic exercise stress is associated with decreased endothelial function that may increase the likelihood of an acute cardiovascular event. Passive stretch (PS) elicits improvements in vascular...
While the effect of static stretching for individuals with cerebral palsy is questionable, recent results suggest that the combination with activation seems promising to improve muscle-tendon properti...
Initially, 24 children with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly assigned to a static stretching (10.7 ± 1.8 years) or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching group (10.9 ± 2.6 years). Pl...
Stretching adherence was high in the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching (93.1%) and static stretching group (94.4%). No significant changes (p > 0.05) were observed in ankle joint fu...
The findings support the idea that manual stretching (neither proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching nor static stretching) performed in isolation for eight weeks may not be appropriate ...
NCT04570358....
