The time course of passive stiffness responses following an acute bout of static stretching in healthy, elderly men.

CONCLUSIONS: An acute bout of static stretching produced significant decreases in the passive stiffness characteristics of elderly men; however, these decreases returned to baseline values within 5 to 10 minutes.
PMID: 32579051 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - June 23, 2020 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Palmer TB, Farrow AC, Agu-Udemba CC, Mitchell EA Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research