Passive dorsiflexion stiffness is poorly correlated with passive dorsiflexion range of motion

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-161

  Whitting, J W ^a,b   Steele, J R ^b   McGhee, D E ^b   Munro, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Ankle; Athletic injuries; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; PASSIVE DORSIFLEXION RANGE OF MOTION; PASSIVE DORSIFLEXION STIFFNESS; RANGE OF MOTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873522448     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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