Effects of an acute bout of static stretching on 40 m sprint performance: Influence of baseline flexibility

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-60

  Favero, John Paul ^a   Midgley, Adrian W ^b   Bentley, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Muscles; Range of motion; Running; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949245265     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620802678529     Document Type: Article

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