Low-back stiffness is altered with warm-up and bench rest: Implications for athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1076-1081

  Green, Jason P ^a   Grenier, Sylvain G ^a   Mcgill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back health; Lumbar spine stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK STIFFNESS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; STRETCHING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 0036301898     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200207000-00004     Document Type: Article

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