The relationship between isometric contraction durations during hold-relax stretching and improvement of hamstring flexibility

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-261

  Bonnar, B P ^a   Deivert, R G ^b,d   Gould, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip joint, physiology; Motion; Muscle, skeletal, physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HIP; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 11144320874     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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