Relative static stretch-induced impairments and dynamic stretch-induced enhancements are similar in young and middle-aged men

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 790-797

  Behm, David G ^a   Plewe, Sebastian ^b   Grage, Philip ^b   Rabbani, Alireza ^c   Beigi, Hamid Taghi ^c   Byrne, Jeannette M ^a   Button, Duane C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c Vesta Sport Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ageing; Balance; Flexibility; Power; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGING; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455167323     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H11-107     Document Type: Article

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