Reduced strength after passive stretch of the human plantarflexors

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1179-1188

  Fowles, J R ^a   Sale, D G ^a   Macdougall, J D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isometric; Motor unit activation; Stiffness; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034495701     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.3.1179     Document Type: Article

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