Loretta Chou

Publication Details

  • Influence of stretching and warm-up on Achilles tendon material properties.

    Park DY, Rubenson J, Carr A, Mattson J, Besier T, Chou LB. Foot Ankle Int. 2011; 32 (4): 407-13

    Controversy exists on stretching and warm-up in injury prevention. We hypothesized that warm up has a greater effect on Achilles tendon biomechanics than static stretching. This study investigated static stretching and warm-up on Achilles tendon biomechanics in recreational athletes, in vivo.

    PubMedID: 21733444

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