Improvement in running economy after 6 weeks of plyometric training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-67

  Turner, Amanda M ^a   Owings, Matt ^a   Schwane, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Countermovement jump; Efficiency; Elastic energy; Static jump; Stretch shorten cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING;

EID: 0037294958     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0060:IIREAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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