Slow passive stretch and release characteristics of the calf muscles of older women with limited dorsiflexion range of motion

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-406

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a   Vander Linden, Darl W ^b   McNair, Peter J ^c   Riggin, Tammy J ^a   Albertson, Jeff S ^a   Mattick, Danita J ^a   Wegley, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aged; Calf muscles; Passive elastic energy; Passive elastic stiffness; Women

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELASTICITY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

DORSIFLEXION; ELASTIC ENERGY; MUSCLE LENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1942454288     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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