Reduced strength after passive stretch of the human plantarflexors
Reduced strength after passive stretch of the human plantarflexors
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.2000.89.3.1179
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发表时间:
2000-09-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
MacDougall, JD
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作者:
Fowles, JR;Sale, DG;MacDougall, JD
The purpose of this study was to assess strength performance after an acute bout of maximally tolerable passive stretch (PSmax) in human subjects. Ten young adults (6 men and 4 women) underwent 30 min of cyclical PSmax (13 stretches of 135 s each over 33 min) and a similar control period (Con) of no stretch of the ankle plantarflexors. Measures of isometric strength (maximal voluntary contraction), with twitch interpolation and electromyography, and twitch characteristics were assessed before (Pre), immediately after (Post), and at 5, 15, 30, 45, and 60 min after PSmax or Con. Compared with Pre, maximal voluntary contraction was decreased at Post (28%) and at 5 (21%), 15 (13%), 30 (12%), 45 (10%), and 60 (9%) min after PSmax (P < 0.05). Motor unit activation and electromyogram were significantly depressed after PSmax but had recovered by 15 min. An additional testing trial confirmed that the torque-joint angle relation may have been temporarily altered, but at Post only. These data indicate that prolonged stretching of a single muscle decreases voluntary strength for up to 1 h after the stretch as a result of impaired activation and contractile force in the early phase of deficit and by impaired contractile force throughout the entire period of deficit.