Development of a wrestling-specific performance test

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-91

  Utter, Alan ^a,b   Goss, Fredric ^a   DaSilva, Sergio ^a,c   Kang, Jie ^a,d   Suminski, Richard ^a,e   Borsa, Paul ^a,f   Robertson, Robert ^a   Metz, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Appalachian State U ^*  (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic power; Isokinetic; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031516542     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199705000-00006     Document Type: Article

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