Effect of heat and cold on tendon flexibility and force to flex the human knee

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 661-667

  Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott ^a,b   Laymon, Michael ^b   Lee, Haneul ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat; Muscle; Sex differences; Tendon; Tissue elasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GONIOMETER; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TENDON;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCLES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881625611     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889145     Document Type: Article

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