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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Recent research has shown that a regimen of stretching provides an acute inhibition of maximal force production by the stretched muscle group. To further characterize this phenomenon, the effect of an acute stretching regimen on maximal isokinetic knee-extension torque at 5 specific movement velocities (1.05, 1.57, 2.62, 3.67, and 4.71 rad x s(-1)) was examined in 10 men and 5 women (22-28 years). Each person's 5 baseline maximal isokinetic knee-extension torques (dominant leg) were measured on a Cybex NORM dynamometer. Following the baseline torque measurements, the participants stretched the dominant quadriceps for 15 minutes using 1 active and 3 passive stretching exercises. Once the stretching exercises were completed, the maximal torque measurements were repeated. Poststretch maximal torque at 1.05 rad x s(-1) was significantly reduced (p < 0.05) from 218 +/- 47 Nm (mean +/- SD) to 199 +/- 49 Nm (7.2% decrease). At 1.57 rad x s(-1), a similar decrease (p < 0.05) was also seen (204 +/- 48 Nm vs. 195 +/- 47 Nm; 4.5% decrease), but at the other velocities (2.62, 3.67, and 4.71 rad x s(-1)), poststretch maximal torque was unaltered (p > 0.05). It appears, therefore, that the deleterious impact of stretching activities on maximal torque production might be limited to movements performed at relatively slow velocities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1064-8011
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of maximal voluntary isokinetic torque production following stretching is velocity-specific.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article