Mechanical and physiological responses to stretching with and without preisometric contraction in human skeletal muscle

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-378

  Magnusson, S Peter ^a   Simonsen, Erik B ^b   Aagaard, Per ^a   Dyhre Poulsen, Paul ^c   McHugh, Malachy P ^d   Kjaer, Michael ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEG; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0029664562     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90087-8     Document Type: Article

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