The effects of stretching on strength performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Rubini, Ercole C ^a,b   Costa, André L L ^b   Gomes, Paulo S C ^b  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MYOFIBRILS;

EID: 33847715130     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737030-00003     Document Type: Review

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