This was to test the stretch reflexes in your spinal cord, which resist muscle stretching to give you muscle tone to hold your body up against gravity for example, fast corrections after tripping.

This gives a slight but quick stretch to the tendon, resulting in a reflex muscle contraction. Deep-tendon reflexes to be examined are at the elbow (biceps and triceps), wrist (brachioradialis ...

To achieve this, plyometric exercises use the elastic recoil of muscles and stretch reflex to produce a faster, stronger muscle response. ‘When performing plyometrics, you get a stretch of the ...

There was no interaction effect for grip strength following the three interventions. Conclusions: Acute WBV causes neural potentiation of the stretch reflex loop as shown by the improved ACMVJ and ...