Open AccessHigh school male basketball athletes exhibit greater hamstring muscle stiffness than females as assessed with shear wave elastography
Author(s) -
April L. McPherson,
Takashi Nagai,
Nathan D. Schilaty,
Rena Hale,
Timothy E. Hewett,
Nathaniel A. Bates
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
skeletal radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1432-2161
pISSN - 0364-2348
DOI - 10.1007/s00256-020-03397-w
Subject(s) - hamstring , medicine , stiffness , muscle stiffness , basketball , biceps , physical therapy , orthodontics , anatomy , structural engineering , archaeology , engineering , history
The purpose of this study was to characterize lower extremity passive muscle stiffness in a young, healthy, athletic population. It was hypothesized that males would exhibit greater stiffness than females and that hamstring stiffness would increase with increased passive hamstring stretch.