“…The exercises are widely used in order to recover the hypotrophy after immobilization, such as muscle stretching (CAÇÃO-BENEDINI, RIBEIRO, GOMES et al, 2013;KONNO, ALVES, BERTOLINI et al, 2008;ARTIFON, FERRARI, CUNHA et al, 2012;CUNHA, NASCIMENTO, ARTIFON et al, 2012), electrical stimulation (CARVALHO, SHIMANO and PICADO, 2008), concentric (NATALI, SILVA, CIENA et al, 2008) and eccentric treadmill exercises (BENEDINI-ELIAS, MORGAN, CORNACHIONE et al, 2014), and the aquatic environment exploited both for swimming (VOLPI, CASAROLLI, PUDELL et al, 2008) and for jumping exercises (SILVA, MEIRELES, NASCIMENTO et al, 2013). However, when assessing the soleus muscle, usually is used protocol shortening, although significant advances have occurred in understanding the mechanisms involved in the development of atrophy in muscles immobilized in the shortened position, is still little explored when the muscle is immobilized in position elongated (KELLEHER, GORDON, KIMBALL et al, 2014).…”