Relationship between strength of the trunk and flexibility in healthy subjects

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Thevenon, A ^a   Blanchard Dauphin, A ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Isokinetic; Strength; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOBER INDEX; TORQUE;

EID: 0037599377     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2003-0139     Document Type: Article

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