Architectural and Mechanical Changes after Five Weeks of Intermittent Static Stretch Training on the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle of Active Adults

• Main Authors: Morgan Lévenéz (Author), Matthieu Moeremans (Author), Cédric Booghs (Author), Florent Vigouroux (Author), Clément Leveque (Author), Walter Hemelryck (Author), Costantino Balestra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated the effects of intermittent long-term stretch training (5 weeks) on the architectural and mechanical properties of the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) in healthy humans. MTU's viscoelastic and architectural properties in the human medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscle and the contribution o...