Stretching: Acute and chronic? The potential consequences

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 66-74

  Stone, Mike ^a   Ramsey, Michael W ^a   Kinser, Ann M ^a   O'Bryant, Harold S ^b   Ayers, Chris ^a   Sands, William A ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stretching; Chronic stretching; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846052236     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200612000-00010     Document Type: Review

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