Effects of prolonged muscle stretching with constant torque or constant angle on hypertonic calf muscles

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-241

  Yeh, Chun Yu ^a,b   Tsai, Kuen Horng ^a,c   Chen, Jia Jin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Muscle hypertonia; Reflex, stretch; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 13444267607     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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