An acute bout of static stretching: Effects on force and jumping performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1389-1396

  Power, Kevin ^a   Behm, David ^a   Cahill, Farrell ^a   Carroll, Michael ^a   Young, Warren ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Plantar flexors; Power; Quadriceps; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STRETCHING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 3543013710     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000135775.51937.53     Document Type: Article

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