Time course of stress relaxation and recovery in human ankles

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 601-607

  Duong, B ^a   Low, M ^a   Moseley, A M ^a   Lee, R Y W ^a   Herbert, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Human; Muscle; Stress relaxation; Stretch

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; STRESS RELAXATION; TORQUE;

HUMAN ANKLES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS; STRETCHING; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0034908676     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(01)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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