Acute effects of passive muscle stretching on sprint performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 449-454

  Nelson, Arnold G ^a   Driscoll, Nicole M ^a   Landin, Dennis K ^a   Young, Michael A ^a   Schexnayder, Irving C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Sprinting; Stretching; Track and field; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 21244456432     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410410001730205     Document Type: Article

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