Stretching versus strength training in lengthened position in subjects with tight hamstring muscles: A randomized controlled trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Aquino, Cecília F ^a   Fonseca, Sérgio T ^b   Gonçalves, Gabriela G P ^c   Silva, Paula L P ^d   Ocarino, Juliana M ^e   Mancini, Marisa C ^b  

^a Fundacao Educacional de Divinopolis   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Minas Tênis Clube MTC ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BELO HORIZONTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Muscle length; Stretch tolerance; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STRETCH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOMERES; THIGH; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649134729     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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