Effect of stretch frequency and sex on the rate of gain and rate of loss in muscle flexibility during a hamstring-stretching program: A randomized single-blind longitudinal study

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2119-2129

  Cipriani, Daniel J ^a   Terry, Megan E ^b   Haines, Michelle A ^c   Tabibnia, Amir P ^d   Lyssanova, Olga ^e  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip flexion; Range of motion; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861227485     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823b862a     Document Type: Article

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