Flexibility retention 3 weeks after a 5-day training regime

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-112

  Rubley, Mack D ^a   Brucker, Jody B ^a   Knight, Kenneth L ^a   Ricard, Mark D ^a   Draper, David O ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sti and reach; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; SITTING; STRETCHING;

EID: 0035000461     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.10.2.105     Document Type: Article

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