Is acute static stretching able to reduce the time to exhaustion at power output corresponding to maximal oxygen uptake?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1650-1656

  Lopes, Felipe A Samogin ^a   Menegon, Elton M ^a   Franchini, Emerson ^b   Tricoli, Valmor ^b   De M Bertuzzi, Rômulo C ^b  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Flexibility; Lactate; Oxygen deficit; Strength

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956632369     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d32f7b     Document Type: Article

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