Stretch Intensity and the Inflammatory Response: A Paradigm Shift

• Main Author: Apostolopoulos, Nikos C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Cell physiology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Biochemistry.; Sports medicine.; Cell Physiology.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.; Animal Biochemistry.; Sports Medicine.

In this manuscript, practitioners and students who are concerned with sports and rehabilitation medicine, kinesiology, as well as coaches and athletes, are introduced to numerous concepts, including mechanotransduction, inflammation, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, calpains, the extracellular...

Table of Contents:

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. LITERATURE REVIEW
• 3. STUDY ONE - Acute Inflammatory Response to Stretching
• 4. STUDY TWO - Stretch Intensity vs. Inflammation: Is There a Dose-Dependent Association?
• 5. STUDY THREE - The Effects of Different Passive Static Stretching Intensities on Perceived Muscle Soreness and Muscle Function Recovery Following Unaccustomed Eccentric Exercise - A Randomised Trial
• 6. SUMMARY DISCUSSION
• 7. LIMITATIONS
• 8. FUTURE RESEARCH
• 9. CONCLUSIONS.