Effects of squat lift training and free weight muscle training on maximum lifting load and isokinetic peak torque of young adults without impairments

Physical Therapy

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 570-577

  Yeung, Simon SM ^a   Ng, Gabriel YF ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Back; Functional training and activities; Muscle performance, general; Specificity of training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; TORQUE;

EID: 0034051333     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/80.6.570     Document Type: Article

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