Aerobic activity before and following short-duration static stretching improves range of motion and performance vs. a traditional warm-up

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-690

  Murphy, Justin R ^a   Di Santo, Mario C ^b   Alkanani, Thamir ^a   Behm, David G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Instituto del Profesorado en Educacion Fisica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Balance; Countermovement jump; Electromyography; Flexibility; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958575058     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H10-062     Document Type: Article

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