Results: The stretching intervention did not significantly change any of the 3 parameters describing the torque-angle curves of the ankle in either knee position.
To compare the effects of an acute stretching intervention on knee extension range of motion, passive resistive torque and stiffness in subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee, and to compare these variables with subjects without osteoarthritis.
To complete preliminary analysis regarding the effects joint mobilization timing during a 4-week calf stretching intervention on clinician-oriented and patient-oriented outcomes in individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI).
Participants then performed their allocated stretching intervention.
Three studies that performed a stretching intervention were included in the last meta-analysis [ 17, 18, 46].
Beckett et al. (2009) indicated that the repeated sprint ability was negatively affected by an interim static stretching intervention with a total duration of ~4 min.
Any stretching intervention implemented will be recorded and the child will remain involved in the study and included in the analysis, even if therapy is modified.
In another study (Young and Elliott 2001) showed that a 3 × 15 s static stretching intervention of the lower extremities was able to induce a decrease in the drop jump performance but not on the concentric explosive muscle performance.
Two hundred and one elderly participants with very mild to mild dementia will be screened and randomized into the following groups: (i) dance movement based intervention, (ii) stretching and exercise intervention and (iii) no intervention waitlist-control group.
