The time course of musculotendinous stiffness responses following different durations of passive stretching

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 632-639

  Ryan, Eric D ^a   Beck, Travis W ^a   Herda, Trent J ^a   Hull, Holly R ^b   Hartman, Michael J ^c   Costa, Pablo B ^a   Defreitas, Jason M ^a   Stout, Jeffery R ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Passive; Stiffness; Strain injury; Stretch

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549124957     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2008.2843     Document Type: Article

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