Acute effects of active warm-up and stretching on the flexibility of elderly women

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-622

  Zakas, A ^a   Doganis, G ^a   Zakas, N ^a   Vergou, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aged; Flexibility; Range of motion; Stretching; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; RANGE OF MOTION; WARMING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 33846407192     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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