Elastography study of hamstring behaviors during passive stretching

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Le Sant, Guillaume ^a,b   Ates, Filiz ^a   Brasseur, Jean Louis ^c   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b School of Physiotherapy (IFM3R)   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDON; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENDONS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947998592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139272     Document Type: Article

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