Viscoelasticity of the muscle-tendon unit is returned more rapidly than range of motion after stretching

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Mizuno, T ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Umemura, Y ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Endurance; Human; Lower limb; Plantar flexor muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872312137     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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