Stretch shortening cycle information

A stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) is an active stretch (eccentric contraction) of a muscle followed by an immediate shortening (concentric contraction)...

enhance the effect of the stretch shortening cycle. Some advanced training methods combine plyometrics and intensive stretching in order to both protect...

counter-movement. This is standardly attributed to the stretch shortening cycle (SSC) e.g. the stretch of the muscles which occurs during the crouch generates...

biology and organic chemistry Stretch shortening cycle, a process of faster muscular contraction after a dynamic stretch side-scattered light, a parameter...

cells. In physiology, muscle contraction does not necessarily mean muscle shortening because muscle tension can be produced without changes in muscle length...

repetitions, and the extent to which it utilises the body's stretch-shortening cycle. This cycle is where a muscle may be considered to alternately lengthen...

requirements for internal and external prostheses. 1999 Paavo Komi Stretch-shortening cycle: a powerful model to study normal and fatigued muscle. 2001 David...

doctoral thesis on "Components of fast strength performance in the stretch-shortening cycle" was accepted in Freiburg, between 1988 and 1994 he led a project...

elasticity. Reduction of contact time and higher pre-stretch level can enhance the stretch shortening cycle behaviour of the plantar flexor muscles and thus...

shortening-lengthening cycle to stimulate the muscle to produce force. Since force and length return to their initial values at the end of each cycle...

cervix changes throughout a women's life cycle. For example, during their fertile years of the reproductive cycle, females tend to have a larger cervix vis...

discovered in 1882 that "contracting muscle under stretch could produce greater force than a shortening muscle contraction" like in concentric movements...

control beyond a simple "on" or "off" state. Delayed stretch activation and delayed shortening deactivation allow asynchronous muscles to generate positive...

memorial was built in 1970 and the M.G.R. and Amma Memorial in 1988, shortening the stretch at its northern end. Later addition was a statue for Kamaraj. In...

Lengthening the housing (turning the barrel adjuster out) tightens the cable; shortening the housing (turning the barrel adjuster in) loosens the cable. The origin...

peak activity on 22, 25, and 26 January and was part of the 17th solar cycle. As the electrification of Europe and North America was still in its infancy...

deposition on the inside of bends. Sometimes the river will cut off a loop, shortening the channel and forming an oxbow lake or billabong. Rivers that carry...

Phosphorylation of the MLC20 myosin light chains correlates well with the shortening velocity of smooth muscle. During this period there is a rapid burst of...

in Japan. However, in Japan and Japanese, anime (a term derived from a shortening of the English word animation) describes all animated works, regardless...

positive test occurs with inability to adduct the leg due to iliotibial band shortening. The Thomas test is used to detect excessive tightness of the iliotibial...

others for cycling." The first routes were defined in 1982: U.S. Bicycle Route 1 (USBR 1) from North Carolina to Virginia, and the stretch of USBR 76...

Muslim or pagan. From that derived the still current term "sarsen" (a shortening of "Saracen stone"), denoting the kind of stone used by the builders of...

action potential, skeletal muscles perform a coordinated contraction by shortening each sarcomere. The best proposed model for understanding contraction...

stretch by contracting or shortening. Overall, a defining feature of spasticity is that the increased resistance to passive stretch is velocity-dependent...

of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting...

deficiency (e.g. dysmelia). Leg-length difference - Significant bone shortening occurs in one leg due to congenital deficiency or trauma. Short stature...