Movement and stretching imagery during flexibility training

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-208

  Vergeer, Ineke ^a   Roberts, Jenny ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological imagery; Imagery vividness; Mental imagery; Movement imagery; Physiological imagery; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PLIABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 31344431785     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500131811     Document Type: Article

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