Dynamic trunk strength of Canadian football players, soccer players, and middle to long distance runners

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Williams, Craig A ^a   Singh, Mohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athletes; Dynamic; Trunk strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SPORT; TORQUE; TRUNK;

EID: 0031470645     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1997.25.4.271     Document Type: Article

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