Open AccessEffect of Stretching on Strength Loss and Pain after Eccentric Exercise
Author(s) -
Malachy P. McHugh,
Marcus Nesse
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815d2f8c
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , eccentric , eccentric exercise , medicine , hamstring , concentric , hamstring muscles , muscle strength , delayed onset muscle soreness , physical therapy , muscle damage , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
The purposes of the this study were to determine whether stretch-induced strength loss was muscle length dependent (study 1) and whether passive stretching prior to eccentric exercise affected strength loss and pain on subsequent days (study 2).
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