Passive force, angle, and stiffness changes after stretching of hamstring muscles

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1944-1948

  Reid, Duncan A ^a   McNair, Peter J ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Flexibility; Hamstring stretching; Training; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH;

EID: 8144222462     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000145462.36207.20     Document Type: Article

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