High school male basketball athletes exhibit greater hamstring muscle stiffness than females as assessed with shear wave elastography | Zendy

April L. McPherson | Zendy; Takashi Nagai | Zendy; Nathan D. Schilaty | Zendy; Rena F. Hale | Zendy; Timothy E. Hewett | Zendy; Nathaniel A. Bates | Zendy

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High 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 F. 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) - medicine , hamstring , stiffness , muscle stiffness , basketball , biceps , physical therapy , 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.

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