Effects of acute eccentric contractions on rat ankle joint stiffness

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-548

  Eisuke, Ochi ^a,b,c,d   Naokata, Ishii ^a,b   Koichi, Nakazato ^a,c  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nippon Sports Science University   (Japan)

^d Department of Life Sciences ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Flexibility; Lengthening; Passive tension; Passive torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849034383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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