Determinants of musculoskeletal flexibility: Viscoelastic properties, cross-sectional area, EMG and stretch tolerance

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-202

  Magnusson, S P ^a   Simonsen, E B ^b   Aagaard, P ^a   Boesen, J ^c   Johannsen, F ^d   Kjaer, M ^d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Flexibility; Hamstring muscle; Stiffness; Stretch tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH;

EID: 0031201989     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1997.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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