Relationship between muscle swelling and stiffness after eccentric exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Chleboun, Gary S ^a   Howell, John N ^b   Conatser, Robert R ^b   Giesey, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elbow flexors; Elbow joint; Inflammation; Muscle edema; Muscle injury; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; ELBOW; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TORQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; EDEMA; ELBOW JOINT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0031899250     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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