Effects of a 4-week static stretch training program on passive stiffness of human gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit in vivo.

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Published in Eur J Appl Physiol on November 29, 2011

Authors

Masatoshi Nakamura1, Tome Ikezoe, Yohei Takeno, Noriaki Ichihashi

Author Affiliations

1: Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. M.Nakamura@ky5.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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