Lack of effect of moderate-duration static stretching on plantar flexor force production and series compliance

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Cannavan, Dale ^a,b   Coleman, David R ^b   Blazevich, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; EMG; Maximal voluntary contraction; Stress relaxation; Tendon; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES; EFFECT SIZE; EMG; FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; GENERATING CAPACITY; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; RATE OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT; TRICEPS SURAE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; STRESS RELAXATION;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858334693     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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