The effect of massage on performance of the sit and reach test in adolescent soccer players

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Jourkesh, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hamstring; Infections; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRAINING;

EID: 34547614423     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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