Immediate effects of passive stretching and/or local vibration on ankle range of motion, calf muscle stiffness and passive torque: a randomized controlled cross-over trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Vibrational stimulation was suggested sufficient to acutely enhance range of motion (ROM). However, the actual merit of superimposed vibration and underlying mechanical or sensory mechanisms of ROM increases due to local vibration are not well understood.

Methods

Using a randomized controlled cross-over trial, this study opposed two minutes of stretching + vibration (STV) to vibration (V) and stretching (ST) alone as well as a passive control (CG) in 30 healthy, recreationally active participants. Pre- and post-intervention measurements of ankle dorsiflexion ROM, ankle passive torque, and gastrocnemius medialis muscle stiffness were conducted using a dynamometer and shear wave elastography, respectively.

Results

All interventions significantly increased ROM (p

SUBMITTER: Jochum D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528329 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature