The Acute Effects of Static and Cyclic Stretching on Muscle Stiffness and Hardness of Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering

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  PMID 29238251PMCID PMC5721181
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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