Reliability of a test of musculotendinous stiffness for the triceps-surae

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Murphy, Aron J ^a   Watsford, Mark L ^a   Coutts, Aaron J ^a   Pine, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle stiffness; Reliability; Stretch shortening cycle performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242558800     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1466-853X(03)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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