2007 Oct 17
Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise.
Herbert RD, de Noronha M.
University of Sydney, School of Physiotherapy, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia, 1825. Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
AUTHORS\' CONCLUSIONS: The evidence derived from mainly laboratory-based studies of stretching indicate that muscle stretching does not reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness in young healthy adults.
2007
The effects of stretching on strength performance.
Rubini EC, Costa AL, Gomes PS.
Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Many mechanisms underlying stretching exercises still demand investigation so that links between the observed effects, their causes and the consequences may be constructed.
2006 Jun
Effects of stretching on passive muscle tension and response to eccentric exercise.
LaRoche DP, Connolly DA.
Department of Environmental and Health Sciences, Johnson State College, 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT 05656, USA. Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONCLUSION: Both static stretching and ballistic stretching increase range of motion, most likely as a result of enhanced stretch tolerance rather than changes in muscle elasticity. Four weeks of stretching maintain range of motion and stretch tolerance in the days after eccentric exercise.
2003 May
The role of flexibility in injury prevention and athletic performance: have we stretched the truth?
Ingraham SJ.
University of Minnesota, USA.
The use of stretching to prevent injury, off-set muscle soreness, and improve performance has been widely accepted and promoted in sports. However, little or no scientific evidence supports the practice, and recent research suggests that stretching, which increases flexibility beyond that needed for sport-specific movements, may cause injury. This article presents studies that have looked at the effects of stretching on injury and performance. Many earlier studies that showed benefits of stretching did not look at the effects of stretching alone; they also involved general cardiovascular workouts in the experimental but not control groups. More recent research shows that general fitness, rather than stretching, is a more important risk factor in injury prevention. This article also discusses studies of the relationship between joint laxity and injury and the role that stiffness may play in enhancing performance and preventing injury. Overall, the evidence suggests that increasing range of motion beyond function through stretching is not beneficial and can actually cause injury and decrease performance. These findings should be used to challenge common warm-up practices in athletics.
Effects of stretching before and after exercising on muscle soreness and risk of injury: systematic review.
Herbert RD, Gabriel M.
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, New South Wales 1825, Australia. Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONCLUSIONS: Stretching before or after exercising does not confer protection from muscle soreness. Stretching before exercising does not seem to confer a practically useful reduction in the risk of injury, but the generality of this finding needs testing. Insufficient research has been done with which to determine the effects of stretching on sporting performance.
1999 Aug
The effects of preexercise stretching on muscular soreness, tenderness and force loss following heavy eccentric exercise.
Johansson PH, Lindström L, Sundelin G, Lindström B.
Department of Community Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden.
The present study thus suggests that preexercise static stretching has no preventive effect on the muscular soreness, tenderness and force loss that follows heavy eccentric exercise.
1998 Apr
Freiwald J, Engelhardt M, Gnewuch A.
Orthopädische Universitätsklinik, Stiftung Friedrichsheim, Frankfurt/Main.
The basic scientific knowledge about stretching remains incomplete in spite of its wide use in sports and physiotherapy. This article deals with the assessment of the flexibility and with the anatomical and physiological basis and limitations of stretching. The effects of stretching on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), performance and regeneration are discussed. Recommendations are given for stretching as a measure of warming-up and cooling-down, for stretching before exercises, which demand explosive maximum muscle strength, and for stretching after training for strength endurance.
1989 Dec
The effects of static stretching and warm-up on prevention of delayed-onset muscle soreness.
High DM, Howley ET, Franks BD.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
We concluded that static stretching and/or warm-up does not prevent DOMS resulting from exhaustive exercise.
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