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bam-12455	Mehraban Jahromi, Mostafa; Vlček, Přemysl; Grünerová Lippertová, Marcela	Stretching exercises in managing spasticity: effectiveness, risks, and adjunct therapies	2024	8	.pdf	application/pdf	6473	392	56	They also noted an increase of 23% and 13% in muscle and fascicle stress, respectively.25 Nakamura et al. reported a 13% reduction in passive joint stiffness after a four-week stretching regime.33 It is worth noting that muscle belly length differs from muscle fascicle length in pennate muscles, with a reduced muscle belly length suggesting muscle contracture.34 Some indicators point toward alterations in specific struc- tural and mechanical properties, such as changes in fiber size and distribution, proliferation of extracellular matrix, and changes in stiffness in both spastic muscle cells and ex- tracellular material in spastic muscle. Key Words: muscle spasticity, brain, stretch, botulinum toxin, noninvasive brain stimulation.	cache/bam-12455.pdf	txt/bam-12455.txt