Do practical durations of stretching alter muscle strength? A dose-response study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1529-1537

  Ryan, Eric D ^a   Beck, Travis W ^a   Herda, Trent J ^a   Hull, Holly R ^b   Hartman, Michael J ^c   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

EMG; Muscle activation; Range of motion; Stretching induced force deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; TIME; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 58149350463     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817242eb     Document Type: Article

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