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EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 154-158Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1249/01.jes.0000240023.30373.eb
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stretch training; passive torque; reflex activity; presynaptic inhibition; postsynaptic inhibition
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Neural mechanisms contribute significantly to the gains that occur in the range of motion about a joint with stretching exercises. In the acute condition, lengthening of a muscle-tendon unit decreases spinal reflex excitability, which reduces passive tension and increases joint range of motion. Similarly, participation in a stretch-training program decreases tonic reflex activity and increases flexibility.
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