Biomechanical and neurophysiological parameters to assess the flexibility of muscle-tendon units;Biomechanische und neurophysiologische Parameter zur Erfassung der Dehnbarkeit von Muskel-Sehnen-Einheiten

Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin

Volumn 49, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Schonthaler S R ^a   Ohlendorf, K ^a   Ott, H ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Kindermann, W ^a   Schmidtbleicher, D ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Muscle tendon unit; Neurophysiology; Relaxation; Stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346779805     PISSN: 03445925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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