As a person stretches, do their muscle's sacomeres lengthen?

Subject: As a person stretches, do their muscle's sacomeres lengthen?

Date: Tue Feb 1 16:00:28 2000
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City: olympia State/Province: WA Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
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I am seeking information about flexibilty at the microscopic/molecular 
level.  On a single occasion, do sarcomeres change length when a person 
streches?  What happens to them as a person stretches regularly and becomes 
more flexible over time? thanks-

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