323212 - Muscular injuries prevention through vibration-induced stretching to enhance viscoelasticity and to improve strength
Flexibility combined with strength and/or power is without a doubt a fundamental fitness quality that males and females’ gymnasts have to acquire from the very early ages of specialisation and to maintain throughout their career.
The objective of this presentation is to provide some of the cutting-edge science-based technologies to enhance the muscular viscoelasticity. Vibration treatment has been shown not only to improve muscle flexibility but also to improve strength and power. It is suggested that the combined treatments could indeed contribute to the prevention of muscular injuries in particular in sports where flexibility is not one of the main physical fitness and/or less considered as a priority.
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