Reliability of manual versus automated techniques for assessing passive stiffness of the posterior muscles of the hip and thigh

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 867-877

  Palmer, Ty B ^a   Jenkins, Nathaniel D M ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

passive; reliability; stiffness; stretch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; TORQUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAD; HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876033888     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.753159     Document Type: Article

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