The effects of intermittent stretching following a 4-week static stretching protocol: Arandomized trial

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2217-2222

  Rancour, Jessica ^a   Holmes, Clayton F ^b   Cipriani, Daniel J ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hamstring; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449334453     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b869c7     Document Type: Article

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