Effect of stretch on improvement of muscular contractures in rats
| Autor: | Akira Otsuka, Takeya Ono, Wakako Tsumiyama, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Kazuki Aihara, Yasukazu Saito, Namiko Umei, Atsushi Tasaka, Hideki Ishikura, Yuta Sato, Sadaaki Oki |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Orthodontics
musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty Flexibility (anatomy) business.industry Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Surgery Fixation (surgical) medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Original Article Stretching Ankle Range of motion business Muscular contracture Muscular flexibility Muscle contracture |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physical Therapy Science |
| ISSN: | 2187-5626 0915-5287 |
| Popis: | [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate how a stretching torque affects muscular contractures. [Subjects] The subjects of this study were 48 male Wistar rats. [Methods] Subjects were divided into 4 groups as follows: Group 1 was the control; Group 2 had muscles in continuous fixation; Group 3 had muscles stretched in the direction of dorsiflexion by a spring balancer set at a torque of 0.3N for a period of 30 minutes after continuous fixation; and Group 4 had muscles stretched in the direction of dorsiflexion by a spring balancer set at a torque of 3.0N for a period of 30 minutes after continuous fixation. Joint fixation periods were for 2 and 4-weeks. Ankle joint range of motion and soleus flexibility were analyzed. [Results] For the 2-week joint fixation, soleus flexibility in Group 4 showed an increase compared with that of Group 3. For both fixation periods, range of motion in Group 4 showed an increase compared with that of Group 3. [Conclusion] For both fixation periods, stretching improved joint range of motion. In the 2-week joint fixation, soleus flexibility improved. However, soleus flexibility did not improve in the 4-week joint fixation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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