Effects of a prior stretching of the plantarflexor muscles on the capacity to control upright stance maintenance in healthy adults

Motor Control

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-385

  Rougier, Patrice ^a   Burdet, Cyril ^a   Genthon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Center of gravity; Center of pressure; Muscle; Stretch; Undisturbed postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 33750263157     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.10.4.371     Document Type: Article

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