Mechanical behaviour of leg extensor muscles in male and female sprinters

Biology of Sport

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-202

  Bosco, C ^a   Tsarpela, O ^a   Foti, C ^a   Cardinale, M ^a   Tihanyi, J ^a   Bonifazi, M ^a   Viru, M ^a   Viru, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Muscle power; Serum testosterone; Sex difference; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VELOCITY; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0036398724     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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