heathy older adult extensibility, eccentric, stretching exercise, musculotendinous stiffness, elderly
Conditions
Interventions
the closed kinetic chain hamstrings stretching exercise was selected, as mentioned in Chen et al. (2018). The participants stood on the involved leg with the knee slightly flexed 10-15 deg and were th
Experimental Other,Experimental Other,Experimental Other
Dynamic stretching,Eccentric exercise,Static stretching control
Sponsors
The Allied Health Sciences Research Fund
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: aged 60 to 75 who agreed with the physical activity readiness questionnaire and could walk independently.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Any involvement in neuromuscular or skeletal injury associated with lower extremities or lower back in the previous six months, regular stretching or strengthening training regimen, the inability to follow the instruction during the assessment, having moderate back or lower extremities pain (visual analog scale more than 3/10), and obesity (BMI ore than 24.9 kgm2)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Musculotendinous ultrasound imaging pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up B-mode ultrasonography,Range of motion pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up SLR and passive DF | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Passive joint stiffness pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up The slope of the passive torque-angle relationship,Eccentric strength pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up maximum voluntary eccentric ,Functional performances pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up 5TSTS and TUG and 10-MFWT | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactPornpimol Muanjai
Burapha University
Outcome results
None listed