Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29217
Title: | High Velocity Passive Stretching Mimics Eccentric Exercise in Cerebral Palsy and May Be Used to Increase Spastic Muscle Fascicle Length |
Authors: | Davis, JF Khan, T Thornton, M Reeves, ND DeLuca, M Mohagheghi, AA |
Keywords: | cerebral palsy;eccentric;fascicle length |
Issue Date: | 13-Jun-2024 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Davis, J.F. et al. (2024) 'High Velocity Passive Stretching Mimics Eccentric Exercise in Cerebral Palsy and May Be Used to Increase Spastic Muscle Fascicle Length', Bioengineering, 11 (6), 608, pp. 1 - 18. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11060608. |
Abstract: | Muscle fascicles are shorter and stiffer than normal in spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP). Increasing fascicle length (FL) has been attempted in CP, the outcomes of which have been unsatisfactory. In healthy muscles, FL can be increased using eccentric exercise at high velocities (ECC). Three conditions are possibly met during such ECC: muscle micro-damage, positive fascicle strain, and momentary muscle deactivation during lengthening. Participants with and without CP underwent a single bout of passive stretching at (appropriately) high velocities using isokinetic dynamometry, during which we examined muscle and fascicle behaviour. Vastus lateralis (VL) FL change was measured using ultrasonography and showed positive fascicle strain. Measures of muscle creatine kinase were used to establish whether micro-damage occurred in response to stretching, but the results did not confirm damage in either group. Vastus medialis (VM) and biceps femoris muscle activity were measured using electromyography in those with CP. Results supported momentary spastic muscle deactivation during lengthening: all participants experienced at least one epoch (60 ms) of increased activation followed by activation inhibition/deactivation of the VM during knee flexion. We argue that high-velocity passive stretching in CP provides a movement context which mimics ECC and could be used to increase spastic FL with training. |
Description: | Data Availability Statement: Data is available upon request from the corresponding author. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29217 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060608 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Neil D. Reeves https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9213-4580 ORCiD: Amir A. Mohagheghi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4295-3718 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FullText.pdf | Copyright © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | 1.62 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License