The Effects of Active and Passive Stretching on Muscle Length

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Riley, Danny A ^a   Van Dyke, J M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active stretching; Muscle length; Passive stretching

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

BODY POSTURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE LENGTH; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84855723648     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.11.006     Document Type: Review

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