Deep soft-tissue massage applied to healthy calf muscle has no effect on passive mechanical properties: a randomized, single-blind, cross-over study

BACKGROUND: Massage is often applied with the intention of improving flexibility or reducing stiffness in musculotendinous tissue. There is, however, a lack of supporting evidence that such mechanical effects occur. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of massage on the passive mec...

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Autores principales: Thomson, Daniel, Gupta, Amitabh, Arundell, Jesica, Crosbie, Jack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26396740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-015-0015-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26396740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-015-0015-8

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