In vivo passive mechanical properties of skeletal muscle improve with massage-like loading following eccentric exercise

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2630-2636

  Haas, Caroline ^a,b   Best, Thomas M ^a,b   Wang, Qian ^a   Butterfield, Timothy A ^c   Zhao, Yi ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive loading; Manual therapy; Skeletal muscle; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; ELASTIC RESPONSE; EX-VIVO; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIND LIMBS; IN-VIVO; MANUAL THERAPY; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MUSCLE PROPERTIES; PERONEAL NERVE; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW RELAXATIONS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IN VIVO STUDY; MASSAGE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THERAPY EFFECT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; MASSAGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RABBITS; TIBIA;

EID: 84866767605     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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