Effects of passive stretching on post-activation potentiation and fibre conduction velocity of biceps brachii muscle

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Cè, Emiliano ^a   Rampichini, Susanna ^b,c   Maggioni, Martina Anna ^b,c   Veicsteinas, Arsenio ^a,b   Merati, Giampiero ^a,b  

^a Centre of Sports Medicine Don G Gnocchi Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia (IIM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Maximal voluntary contraction; Passive stretching; Warm up

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649101268     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-008-0066-2     Document Type: Article

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