Effects of a 3-minute standing stretch on ankle-dorsiflexion range of motion

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-173

  Pratt, Kimberly ^a   Bohannon, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Exercise; Measurement; Stretch frequency and duration; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; STRETCHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037950485     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.12.2.162     Document Type: Article

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