Acute effects of the weight-bearing dorsiflexion lunge stretch on gastrocnemius flexibility assessed using real-time ultrasound

Physiotherapy Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-38

  O'Connor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gastrocnemius; Real time ultrasound; Static stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013581195     PISSN: 22130683     EISSN: 22130691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/PPR-2009-30108     Document Type: Article

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