Lower hamstring extensibility in men compared to women is explained by differences in stretch tolerance

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marshall, Paul Wm ^a   Siegler, Jason C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hamstring extensibility; Passive stiffness; Stretch tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING EXTENSIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRETCH TOLERANCE; TORQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903687459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-223     Document Type: Article

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