Influence of static stretching on viscoelastic properties of human tendon structures in vivo

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 520-527

  Kubo, K ^a   Kanehisa, H ^a   Kawakami, Y ^a   Fukunaga, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hysteresis; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRETCHING; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0035145015     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.2.520     Document Type: Article

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