Effects of stretching on upper-body muscular performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1279-1285

  Torres, Earlando M ^a   Kraemer, William J ^a   Vingren, Jakob L ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Hatfield, Disa L ^a   Spiering, Barry A ^a   Ho, Jen Yu ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Thomas, Gwendolyn A ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey M ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^b   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dynamic stretch; Force; Power; Static stretch; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 51249104129     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31816eb501     Document Type: Article

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