Sentence examples for muscle stiffness changes from inspiring English sources
EMD is a simple and quick method for evaluation of muscle stiffness changes and can serve as an indicator of the functional condition of the neuromuscular system.
As an indicator of muscle stiffness, we measured the change in force as the muscle was lengthened during the first eccentric contraction.
However, care should be taken with interpretation of the lack of change in normalized MRTD, since other factors such as an unloading induced decrease in tendon stiffness, changes in muscle architecture (de Boer et al. 2007) or altered calcium movements and sarcoplasmatic reticulum function (Witzmann et al. 1982) potentially could have had the opposite effect (decrease) on MRTD.
Furthermore, muscle stiffness can be modulated through changes in neural activation (Kirsch et al. 1994).
The increased resistance to passive movement in a spastic limb can be due to nonreflex changes like increased muscle stiffness with reduced joint range of motion as well as reflexive changes like hyperactive reflexes [ 12– 12].
To investigate whether the contractile proteins contribute to the observed age-related change in muscle stiffness, we analysed the ramp phase of the first eccentric contraction in each muscle.
Muscle stiffness is the ratio of the change in torque to the change in muscle length, which may be examined during active or passive contractions [ 13].
Design: A within-group repeated measures design was used to compare changes in passive muscle stiffness after eccentric exercise between the first and second bouts separated by 2 3 weeks.
The immobilization of the flexor in a shortened position and increased muscle stiffness might cause these muscle architectural changes.
There was no significant change in calf muscle stiffness or ankle dorsiflexion range of motion with or without the application of calf massage.
Biomechanically, changes in compliance or muscle stiffness induced by stretching are assumed to be localized mainly in tendinous tissue.
