Effect of stretching training on the viscoelastic properties of human tendon structures in vivo

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 595-601

  Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Passive torque angle cure; Stiffness; Stretch; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TRAINING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036089791     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00658.2001     Document Type: Article

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