The Comparison of Different Stretching Intensities on the Range of Motion and Muscle Stiffness of the Quadriceps Muscles

Fifteen-week window for recurrent muscle strains in football: a prospective cohort of 3600 muscle strains over 23 years in professional Australian rules football

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The acute and prolonged effects of 20-s static stretching on muscle strength and shear elastic modulus

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Effects of Static Stretching With High-Intensity and Short-Duration or Low-Intensity and Long-Duration on Range of Motion and Muscle Stiffness

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Effects of static stretching duration on muscle stiffness and blood flow in the rectus femoris in adolescents

(2019) Emine Caliskan et al.   Medical Ultrasonography

Effect of Rest Duration Between Static Stretching on Passive Stiffness of Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in vivo

(2019) Masatoshi Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT REHABILITATION

The Relation Between Stretching Typology and Stretching Duration: The Effects on Range of Motion

(2018) Ewan Thomas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Menstrual cycle variation and gender difference in muscle stiffness of triceps surae

(2018) Junya Saeki et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Acute Effects of the Different Intensity of Static Stretching on Flexibility and Isometric Muscle Force

(2017) Satoshi Kataura et al.   JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH

Can chronic stretching change the muscle-tendon mechanical properties? A review

(2017) S. R. Freitas et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

The relationship between lower body stiffness and injury incidence in female netballers

(2017) Elizabeth C. Pickering Rodriguez et al.   Sports Biomechanics

Acute effects of static stretching on the shear elastic moduli of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles in young and elderly women

(2017) Masatoshi Nakamura et al.   Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

Muscle-specific acute changes in passive stiffness of human triceps surae after stretching

(2016) Kosuke Hirata et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Acute effects of static stretching on the hamstrings using shear elastic modulus determined by ultrasound shear wave elastography: Differences in flexibility between hamstring muscle components

(2015) Hiroki Umegaki et al.   MANUAL THERAPY

Effects of Contract–Relax, Static Stretching, and Isometric Contractions on Muscle–Tendon Mechanics

(2015) ANTHONY D. KAY et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Effects of hamstring stretching on passive muscle stiffness vary between hip flexion and knee extension maneuvers

(2015) N. Miyamoto et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Acute Effects of Static Stretching on Muscle Hardness of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Belly in Humans: An Ultrasonic Shear-Wave Elastography Study

(2014) Masatoshi Nakamura et al.   ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Time course of changes in passive properties of the gastrocnemius muscle–tendon unit during 5 min of static stretching

(2013) Masatoshi Nakamura et al.   MANUAL THERAPY

Acute Effect of Static Stretching on Hardness of the Gastrocnemius Muscle

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Effect of muscle load tasks with maximal isometric contractions on oxygenation of the trapezius muscle and sympathetic nervous activity in females with chronic neck and shoulder pain

(2012) Yukiko Shiro et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Lower Body Stiffness and Hamstring Injury in Professional Australian Rules Footballers

(2010) Mark L. Watsford et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Increasing Muscle Extensibility: A Matter of Increasing Length or Modifying Sensation?

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