Acute effect of muscle stretching on the steadiness of sustained submaximal contractions of the plantar flexor muscles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 407-415

  Kato, Emika ^a   Vieillevoye, Stéphanie ^a   Balestra, Costantino ^a   Guissard, Nathalie ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79851503898     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01087.2010     Document Type: Article

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