The acute effects of static stretching on peak force, peak rate of force development and muscle activity during single- and multiple-joint actions in older women

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 690-698

  Gonçalves, Raquel ^a,b   Gurjão, André Luiz Demantova ^a   Jambassi Filho, José Claudio ^a   Farinatti, Paulo De Tarso Veras ^c   Gobbi, Lilian Teresa Bucken ^a   Gobbi, Sebastião ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aging; isometric force time curve; performance; warm up

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84875858004     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.746727     Document Type: Article

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