Gravity effect on the isokinetic peak torque and hamstring to quadriceps ratios in elite basketball, volleyball and soccer players

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-289

  Zakas, Athanasios ^a   Grammatikopoulou, M G ^a   Vergou, A ^a   Zakas, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basketball players; Gravity effects; Hamstring quadriceps ratio; Isokinetic peak torque; Soccer players; Volleyball players

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; GRAVITY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036409833     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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