Gains in flexibility related to measures of muscular performance: Impact of flexibility on muscular performance

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-281

  Ferreira, Gustavo Nunes Tasca ^a   Teixeira Salmela, Luci Fuscaldi ^a   Guimarães, Cristiano Queiroz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hamstrings; Knee joint; Muscular performance; Static stretch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; TORQUE;

EID: 34447314187     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3180f60b26     Document Type: Article

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