Effects of a 4-week static stretch training program on passive stiffness of human gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit in vivo

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2749-2755

  Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a,b   Ikezoe, Tome ^a   Takeno, Yohei ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Long term effects; Muscle tendon unit; Static stretch; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDON; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84864644805     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2250-3     Document Type: Article

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