Non-uniform distribution of passive muscle stiffness within hamstring.
elastography
hamstring strain injury
semimembranosus
shear modulus
stretching
ultrasound
Journal
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
ISSN: 1600-0838
Titre abrégé: Scand J Med Sci Sports
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 9111504
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
09
12
2019
revised:
09
05
2020
accepted:
21
05
2020
pubmed:
4
6
2020
medline:
12
2
2021
entrez:
4
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Limited information is available on whether stiffness is different within and between the constituents of the hamstring, that is, the biceps femoris long head (BFlh), semitendinosus (ST), and semimembranosus (SM). Therefore, understanding of hamstring injuries and stretching effect on hamstring stiffness is difficult. The present study primarily aimed to identify whether passive muscle stiffness differs between the BFlh, ST, and SM and between the proximal, middle, and distal sites within each muscle. Secondly, the effect of stretching exercise on the heterogeneity in passive muscle stiffness was examined. In the lengthened hamstring positions by extending the knee joint or flexing the hip joint, passive muscle shear modulus (a measure of stiffness) at the proximal, middle, and distal sites of the BFlh, ST, and SM was measured by using ultrasound shear wave elastography. Furthermore, before and after five repetitions of 90-seconds static stretching for the hamstring, passive muscle shear modulus at the proximal and distal sites of the SM was measured. The shear modulus was significantly higher in the SM than in the BFlh and ST and higher at the distal site than the proximal site in all muscles. After the stretching, the higher shear modulus at the distal site of the SM compared to the proximal site was still observed (pre-stretching: +80%, post-stretching: +81%). These findings indicate that passive muscle stiffness varies within the hamstring regardless of performing stretching exercise and that passive muscle stiffness is not highest at the proximal site of the SM where a stretching-type hamstring strain typically occurs.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1729-1738Subventions
Organisme : JSPS KAKENHI
ID : JP16H03233
Organisme : JSPS KAKENHI
ID : JP19H04005
Informations de copyright
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S . Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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