Rachael Lowe

Rachael Lowe is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Physiopedia. A physiotherapist and technology specialist Rachael has been working with Physiopedia since 2008 to create a resource that provides universal access to physiotherapy knowledge as well as a platform for connecting and educating the global physiotherapy profession.

Gains in flexibility related to measures of muscular performance: impact of flexibility on muscular performance.

October 29, 2007 by Rachael Lowe

Ferreira GN, Teixeira-Salmela LF, GuimarÃ£es CQ

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a program of static stretching on the flexibility of the hamstrings and on muscular performance of the knee flexors and extensors. Thirty subjects with bilaterally shortened hamstrings undertook 30 sessions of static stretching, performed bilaterally five times a week for 6 weeks. After intervention, significant gains in measures of flexibility were observed. In addition, significant increases were found in muscular performance. The authors concluded that the intervention resulted in gains in measures of flexibility, and these gains had a positive impact on some parameters of muscular performance.

Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007, 17(4), 276-81

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