The effects of dynamic stretching on plantar flexor muscle-tendon tissue properties

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 618-622

  Samukawa, Mina ^a   Hattori, Masaki ^b   Sugama, Naoko ^c   Takeda, Naoki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hatsudai Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic stretching; Gastrocnemius; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT OF THE MYOTENDINOUS JUNCTION; DYNAMIC STRETCHING; FASCICLE LENGTH; FLEXOR TENDON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PENNATION ANGLE; PLANTAR FLEXOR TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054122208     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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