On the assessment of lower-limb muscular power capability

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Liebermann, Dario G ^a   Katz, Larry ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JUMPING; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0038274616     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2003-0106     Document Type: Article

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