Acute effects of passive stretching of the plantarflexor muscles on neuromuscular function: The influence of age

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ryan, Eric D ^a   Herda, Trent J ^b   Costa, Pablo B ^c   Herda, Ashley A ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^d  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle activation; Passive torque; Range ofmotion; Stretch tolerance; Stretching induced force deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PERCENT VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCH PASSIVE RESISTANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON; TORQUE; AGING; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903329918     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9672-x     Document Type: Article

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