Effect of stretching on strength loss and pain after eccentric exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 566-573

  McHugh, Malachy P ^a   Nesse, Marcus ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle torque relationship; Hamstring; Knee flexion; Muscle damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TORQUE;

EID: 39749177772     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31815d2f8c     Document Type: Article

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