Background Static stretching has been demonstrated to improve the health of older adults.
One of its goals is to decrease passive stiffness of the muscle–tendon unit (MTU) and/or …

The aim of this review was to provide an overview of the recent findings on the acute and
chronic effects of static stretching on joint behaviors and neuromuscular responses and to …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the associations
between passive ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) and stiffness of the triceps surae …

Purpose Recent studies raise an interesting possibility that resistance exercise also
decreases passive muscle stiffness, as does stretching exercise. However, little is known …

Background: Pronated foot is a deformity with various degrees of physical impact. Patients
with a pronated foot experience issues such as foot pain, ankle pain, heel pain, shin splints …

Background In aging, muscle stiffness is considered as one of the factors associated with the
reduction of force generation capability. There have been inconsistent findings on age …

Although the influence of the series elastic element of the muscle–tendon unit on jump
performance has been investigated, the corresponding effect of the parallel elastic element …

Limited information is available on whether stiffness is different within and between the
constituents of the hamstring, that is, the biceps femoris long head (BFlh), semitendinosus …

Passive muscle stiffness is positively associated with explosive performance. Drop jump
training may be a strategy to increase passive muscle stiffness in the lower limb muscles …

This study aimed to compare the acute effects of static stretching (SS) and proprioceptive
neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching on hamstrings flexibility and shear modulus …