Why is countermovement jump height greater than squat jump height?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1402-1412

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a,b   Gerritsen, Karin G M ^a   Litjens, Maria C A ^a   Van Soest, Arthur J ^a  

^a Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ELASTIC ENERGY; FORCE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MODELING; PRE STRETCH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINETICS; MALE; MODEL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029912768     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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