https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Characteristics, training loads, injury patterns and stretching habits of Australian Ironman triathletes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:10354 Wed 11 Apr 2018 17:01:00 AEST ]]> 'Stretching': a simple strategy for improving the quality of life of children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:13416 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:18:04 AEST ]]> Calf muscle stretching is ineffective in increasing ankle range of motion or reducing plantar pressures in people with diabetes and ankle equinus: a randomised controlled trial https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35488 Wed 10 Nov 2021 15:13:44 AEDT ]]> Vibration therapy is no more effective than the standard practice of massage and stretching for promoting recovery from muscle damage after eccentric exercise https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26834 max) of the right knee extensor muscles. For the next 7 days, 25 participants applied cycloidal vibration therapy to the knee extensors twice daily and 25 participants performed stretching and sports massage (SSM) twice daily. Main Outcome Measures: Changes in markers of muscle damage [peak isometric torque (PIT), serum creatine kinase (CK), and serum myoglobin (Mb)], muscle soreness (visual analog scale), and inflammation [serum C-reactive protein (CRP)] were assessed. Results: After ECCmax, there was no difference in recovery of PIT and muscle soreness or serum CK, Mb, and CRP levels between vibration and SSM groups (P > 0.28). Conclusions: Cycloidal vibration therapy is no more effective than the standard practice of stretching and massage to promote muscle recovery after the performance of muscle-damaging exercise. Clinical Relevance: Prescription of vibration therapy after maximal exercise involving eccentric muscle damage did not alleviate signs and symptoms of muscle damage faster than the standard prescription of stretching and massage.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:41:38 AEDT ]]> Vibration therapy is no more effective than the standard practice of massage and stretching for promoting recovery from muscle damage after eccentric exercise https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22696 max) of the right knee extensor muscles. For the next 7 days, 25 participants applied cycloidal vibration therapy to the knee extensors twice daily and 25 participants performed stretching and sports massage (SSM) twice daily. Main Outcome Measures: Changes in markers of muscle damage [peak isometric torque (PIT), serum creatine kinase (CK), and serum myoglobin (Mb)], muscle soreness (visual analog scale), and inflammation [serum C-reactive protein (CRP)] were assessed. Results: After ECCmax, there was no difference in recovery of PIT and muscle soreness or serum CK, Mb, and CRP levels between vibration and SSM groups (P > 0.28). Conclusions: Cycloidal vibration therapy is no more effective than the standard practice of stretching and massage to promote muscle recovery after the performance of muscle-damaging exercise. Clinical Relevance: Prescription of vibration therapy after maximal exercise involving eccentric muscle damage did not alleviate signs and symptoms of muscle damage faster than the standard prescription of stretching and massage.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:10:24 AEDT ]]>