Acute effects of passive stretching and vibration on the electro-mechanical delay and musculotendinous stiffness of the plantar flexors

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Herda, T J ^a   Ryan, E D ^b   Costa, P B ^a   Walter, A A ^a   Hoge, K M ^a   Uribe, B P ^a   McLagan, J R ^a   Stout, J R ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromechanical delay; Electromyography; EMD; EMG; MTS; Musculotendinous stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MUSCULOTENDINOUS STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; VIBRATION;

EID: 77957917726     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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