Effects of stretching on passive muscle tension and response to eccentric exercise

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1000-1007

  LaRoche, Dain P ^a,b   Connolly, Declan A J ^b  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Flexibility; Soreness; Static; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLISTIC STRETCHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATIC STRETCHING; STRETCHING; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 33646573002     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505284238     Document Type: Article

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