Acute passive static stretching and cramp threshold frequency

Gino Panza; Justin Stadler; Donal Murray; Nicholas Lerma; Tomas Barrett; Ryan Pettit-Mee; Jeffrey E. Edwards

doi:10.4085/1062-6050-52.7.03

Acute passive static stretching and cramp threshold frequency

Gino Panza, Justin Stadler, Donal Murray, Nicholas Lerma, Tomas Barrett, Ryan Pettit-Mee, Jeffrey E. Edwards

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Context: Exercise-associated muscle cramps are a common clinical problem for athletes. Objective: To determine whether acute passive static stretching altered cramp threshold frequency (CTF) of electrically induced muscle cramps. Design: Crossover study. Setting: Laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: Seventeen healthy college- aged individuals. Intervention(s): Stretching or no stretching. Main Outcome Measure(s): The independent variable was the static stretch versus the no-stretch condition, and the dependent variable was the CTF. Results: The CTF increased in both the control (pretest: 18.12 ± 6.46 Hz, posttest: 19.65 ± 7.25 Hz; P = .033) and stretching (pretest: 18.94 ± 5.96 Hz, posttest: 20.47 ± 7.12 Hz; P = .049) groups. No difference between the groups was found (t₁₅ = 0.035, P = .97). Conclusions: Acute passive static stretching did not seem to increase the CTF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	918-924
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Athletic Training
Volume	52
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-52.7.03
State	Published - Oct 2017

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Electrically induced muscle cramps
Exercise-associated muscle cramps
Golgi tendon organ reflex response

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