Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 454-462 , March 2009

The Effect of Stretching on Muscle Responses and Postural Sway Responses During Computerized Dynamic Posturography in Women and Men

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 Supported by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Allied Health Sciences students' funding.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01701-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.570

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 454-462 , March 2009

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