1 Plantarflexor Stretch Training Increases Reciprocal Inhibition Measured 1 During Voluntary Dorsiflexion 2 3 4 Running title: Stretch training increases reciprocal inhibition 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blazevich, A.J., Kay, A.D, Waugh, C., Fath, F., Miller, S. and Cannavan, D. 11 12 13 1 Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research, School of Exercise, Biomedical and 14 Health Sciences, Edith Cowan Unive...

Several studies utilizing adult subjects have indicated that static stretching may reduce subsequent strength and power production, possibly for as long as an hour following the stretch. This observation has not been evaluated in children, nor in athletes accustomed to performing static stretches during strength/ power type training sessions. The purpose of this investigation was to determine i...

Myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression changes with physical training. This may be one of the mechanisms for muscular adaptation to exercise. We aimed to investigate the effects of different strength-training protocols on MHC isoform expression, bearing in mind that alpha- MHC(slow) (newly identified MHC isoform) mRNA may be upregulated in response to training. Twelve volunteers performed ...

The present study aimed to test if a long-term passive stretching training causes adaptations of the medial gastrocnemius architecture and Achilles tendon (AT) tangent modulus. A total 20 males took part in study. group (n = 12), performed exercises for plantar flexors 10 weeks, 4–5 times week, which comprised two static positions sustained twice each during 30 s. For group, maximum dorsiflexio...

CONTEXT Some researchers have suggested that an alteration of stretch perception could be responsible for the success of the contract-relax (CR) stretch, a stretch technique derived from proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine if the alteration of the stretch perception is a possible explanation for the range of motion (ROM) gains of th...

An exaggerated exercise pressor reflex (EPR) occurs in the chronic heart failure (CHF) state, which contributes to exercise intolerance and excessive sympathoexcitation during exercise. Exercise training (ExT) improves abnormal cardiovascular reflexes in CHF. Whether ExT can normalize the exaggerated EPR function remains to be determined. This study was designed to investigate the effects of Ex...

Using electrical stimulation to control force generation and limb immobilization to alter the degree of stretch, we have studied the role of mechanical activity in inducing hypertrophy and in determining fast and slow muscle fibre phenotype. Changes in gene expression were detected by analysing the RNA in hybridization studies employing cDNA probes specific for fast and slow myosin heavy chains...