Effects of warm-up on hamstring muscles stiffness: Cycling vs foam rolling

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1959-1969

  Morales Artacho, A J ^a,b   Lacourpaille, L ^a,c   Guilhem, G ^a  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

active warm up; elastography; passive torque; passive warm up; risk of muscle injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASSAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE; WARM UP; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING MUSCLES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; WARM-UP EXERCISE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032747241     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12832     Document Type: Article

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