Effect of frequency on human unipedal hopping

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 733-740

  Austin, Gary P ^a   Tiberio, David ^b   Garrett, Gladys E ^b  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FITNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036985771     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.3.733     Document Type: Article

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