Mechanical properties of gastrocnemius muscle of female rats immobilized and posteriorly submitted to different stretching protocols;Propriedades Mecânicas do Músculo Gastrocnêmio de Ratas, imobilizado e Posteriormente Submetido a diferentes Protocolos de alongamento

Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-199

  Polizello, Juliana Cristina ^a   Carvalho, Leonardo César ^a   Freitas, Fernando Cassiolato ^a   Padula, Natália ^a   Shimano, Antonio Carlos ^a   Mattiello Sverzut, Ana Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise; Immobilization; Mechanical stress; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849085447     PISSN: 15178692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-86922009000300006     Document Type: Article

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