Stability training of the lumbo-pelvo-hip complex influence stiffness of the hamstrings: A preliminary study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Kuszewski, M ^a   Gnat, R ^a   Saulicz, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult; Human; Muscle; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PELVIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549105366     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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