Stretch Intensity and the Inflammatory Response: A Paradigm Shift (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

In this manuscript, practitioners and students who are concerned with sports and rehabilitation medicine, kinesiology, as well as coaches and athletes, are introduced to numerous concepts, including mechanotransduction, inflammation, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, calpains, the extracellular matrix, neutrophils and macrophages, and their relevance to stretching, particularly stretching intensity. Although the quantitative parameters of training, duration, and frequency are important, it is the qualitative criterion of intensity ("how much") that the author suggests is ultimately of greater concern. Intensity, the rate and magnitude of force, may be responsible for the proper recovery, regeneration, and adaptation of the musculoskeletal tissues from training, competition, or rehabilitation from injuries. Research suggests that too much force results in the stimulation of an inflammatory response, one associated with a biochemical feedback emerging from a mechanical stimulus. The intent of this manuscript is twofold: to initiate the discussion of the importance of stretching intensity with regard to proper recovery, regeneration, and adaptation, and to suggest that researchers need to explore its potential role in addressing numerous inflammatory (RA) and non-inflammatory (OA, recurrent tendinitis etc.) musculoskeletal conditions as well.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Nikos C. Apostolopoulos
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	231
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-96799-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Sports injuries & medicine Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Biomechanics, human kinetics Promotions
LSN:	3-319-96799-1
Barcode:	9783319967998

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