Effects of isometric training on the elasticity of human tendon structures in vivo

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-32

  Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Ito, Masamitsu ^b   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Resistance training; Stiffness; Ultrasonography; Vastus lateralis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034968325     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.1.26     Document Type: Article

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