Effects of an eight-week stretching program on the passive-elastic properties and function of the calf muscles of older women

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 973-983

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a   Vander Linden, Darl W ^b   McNair, Peter J ^c   Williams, Ann K ^a   Riggin, Tammy J ^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 properties; Stretching; Women

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; RESISTORS; STRETCHING;

AGED; CALF MUSCLE; PASSIVE PROPERTIES; WOMEN;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ANKLE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDING; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 25444507656     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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