Lower-limb extension power: How well does it predict short distance speed skating performance?

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-95

  Liebermann, Dario G ^a   Maitland, Murray E ^b   Katz, Larry ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LASER; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RUNNING; SPORT; TIME;

EID: 0036377887     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2002-0089     Document Type: Article

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