Viscoelastic response to repeated static stretching in the human hamstring muscle

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 342-347

  Magnusson, S P ^a   Simonsen, E B ^b   Aagaard, P ^a   Gleim, G W ^c   McHugh, M P ^c   Kjaer, M ^d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

electromyography; resistance; stretch; viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH;

EID: 0029445548     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1995.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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