Single-leg Wingate test in children: Reliability and optimal braking force

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1218-1225

  Hebestreit, Helge ^a   Dunstheimer, Désirée ^a   Staschen, Britta ^a   Straßburg, Hans Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; High intensity exercise; Short term; Unilateral cycle ergometry; Wingate anaerobic test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032867114     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199908000-00021     Document Type: Article

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