Concentric and eccentric isokinetic knee torque in pre-pubescent male gymnasts

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-227

  Bassa, H ^a   Michailidis, H ^a   Kotzamanidis, Christos ^a   Siatras, Th ^a   Chatzikotoulas, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concentric; Eccentric; Gymnast; Isokinetic; Torque

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036001544     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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