Effects of an active eccentric stretching program for the knee flexor muscles on range of motion and torque

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Batista, L H ^a   Camargo, P R ^a   Oishi, J ^b   Salvini, Tania Fátima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Estatistics Department

Author keywords

Active eccentric stretching; Flexibility; Knee flexors; ROM; Torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949095413     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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