Chronic flexibility improvement after 12 week of stretching program utilizing the ACSM recommendations: Hamstring flexibility

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 389-396

  De Baranda, P Sainz ^a   Ayala, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexibility training; Hamstring flexibility; Static stretching; Stretch duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952976875     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249082     Document Type: Article

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