The effect of stretching duration on the lower-extremity flexibility of adolescent soccer players

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-225

  Zakas, Athanasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent soccer players; Flexibility; Range of motion; Stretching duration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; GONIOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRAINING;

EID: 20344380903     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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