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Komatsuzaki, Miho, Samukawa, Mina, Oba, Kensuke, Koshino, Yuta, Ishida, Tomoya, Kasahara, Satoshi, Tohyama, Harukazu |
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Sport Sciences for Health; Sep2024, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p757-762, 6p |
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Purpose: Musculotendinous stiffness (MTS) measurement is valuable for assessing stretch-induced effects for sports injury prevention. There is no consensus on whether there are sex-related differences in MTS reduction by stretching, and no effective stretching protocol exists. We aimed to investigate the sex-related differences in stretch-induced MTS changes. Methods: Fifteen healthy men (22.0 ± 1.0 years) and fifteen healthy women (22.3 ± 1.1 years) performed stretching of the ankle plantar flexors for four sets of 30 s each. MTS was measured before and after each set of stretching. Results: A significant two-way interaction (time × sex) was found for MTS (p = 0.021). MTS significantly decreased after one set of stretching in men (p = 0.024) and after three sets in women (p = 0.001). MTS after one and four sets of stretching was significantly higher in men than in women (p = 0.038 and p = 0.019, respectively). Conclusion: Fewer stretching sets are needed for men compared with that required for women to decrease MTS, and the MTS change is greater for men. Thus, the patient's sex should be considered when designing an optimum stretching protocol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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