Acute changes in passive stiffness and range of motion post-stretching

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Whatman, Chris ^a   Knappstein, Alice ^a   Hume, Patria ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Passive stiffness; Range of motion; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATIC EXERCISE; TIME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33750505036     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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