Science of flexibility / Michael J. Alter.
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 354 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780736048989:
- 0736048987
- 612.76
- A45 2004
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Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-341) and index.
Overview: Basic Sciences Related to Flexibility -- Modern Overview of Flexibility and Stretching -- Topics in Osteology and Arthrology -- Contractile Components of Muscle: Limiting Factors of Flexibility -- Connective Tissue: A Limiting Factor of Flexibility -- Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Soft Tissues -- Clinical Considerations -- Neuroscience of Flexibility -- Hypermobility of the Joint -- Relaxation -- Muscular Injury and Soreness: Etiology and Consequences -- Special Factors in Flexibility -- Social Facilitation and Psychology in Developing Flexibility -- Principles of Stretching -- Stretching Concepts -- Types and Varieties of Stretching -- Controversy Over Stretching and Controversial Stretches -- Stretching and Special Populations -- Anatomical (or Regional) Aspects -- Anatomy and Flexibility of the Lower Extremity and Pelvic Girdle -- Anatomy and Flexibility of the Vertebral Column -- Anatomy and Flexibility of the Upper Extremity -- Specific Disciplines -- Functional Aspects of Stretching and Flexibility.
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