Effects of static and hold-relax stretching on hamstring range of motion using the FlexAbility LE1000

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-208

  Gribble, Phillip A ^a,b   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^c   Prentice, William E ^c   Shields, Edgar W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Active knee extension test; Straight leg raise; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATIC EXERCISE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032860487     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.8.3.195     Document Type: Article

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