Acute effect of a ballistic and a static stretching exercise bout on flexibility and maximal strength

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 304-308

  Bacurau, Reury Frank Pereira ^a   De Assis Monteiro, Gizele ^b   Ugrinowitsch, Carlos ^a   Tricoli, Valmor ^a   Cabral, Leonardo Ferreira ^c   Aoki, Marcelo Saldanha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Exercise Physiology Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c Exercise Physiology Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Performance; Resistance exercise; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PLIABILITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249156648     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181874d55     Document Type: Article

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