Effects of eccentric exercise on optimum length of the knee flexors and extensors during the preseason in professional soccer players

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 50-55

  Brughelli, Matt ^a   Mendiguchia, Jurdan ^b   Nosaka, Ken ^a   Idoate, Fernando ^d   Arcos, Asier Los ^e   Cronin, John ^a,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Studies   (Spain)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d Clinica San Miguel   (Spain)

^e Club Athletico Osasuna ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Eccentric intervention; Hamstring injury; Optimum angle; Q H ratio; Rectus femoris injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCCER; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951208636     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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