The shock attenuation role of the ankle during landing from a vertical jump

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 506-514

  Gross, Ted S ^a   Nelson, Richard C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ATTENUATION; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOCK; SPORT INJURY;

ANKLE JOINT; BASKETBALL; EXERTION; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0023692119     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198810000-00013     Document Type: Article

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