Can we extend the prolonged effects of a 180-s stretching exercise by applying an additional 15-s stretching bout?

• Main Authors: Masatoshi Nakamura (Author), Kazuki Kasahara (Author), Yuta Murakami (Author), Kosuke Takeuchi (Author), Ewan Thomas (Author), Antonino Scardina (Author), Andreas Konrad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

IntroducationThis study aimed to clarify whether or not the prolonged effect of a 180-s static stretching (SS) exercise could be maintained for a longer period by performing an additional short-term (15-s) SS exercise following a 15-min rest.MethodsThe participants were 15 healthy untrained adult ma...