Human hamstring muscles adapt to eccentric exercise by changing optimum length

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 783-790

  Brockett, C L ^a   Morgan, D L ^a   Proske, U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Isokinetic; Lengthening contractions; Muscle damage; Muscle soreness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 0035056025     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200105000-00017     Document Type: Article

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